Racial Prescriptions

Pharmaceuticals, Difference, and the Politics of Life

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Ethnic Studies, Sociology
Cover of the book Racial Prescriptions by Jonathan Xavier Inda, Taylor and Francis
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Jonathan Xavier Inda ISBN: 9781317072126
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: May 23, 2016
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Jonathan Xavier Inda
ISBN: 9781317072126
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: May 23, 2016
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

In the contemporary United States, matters of life and health have become key political concerns. Important to this politics of life is the desire to overcome racial inequalities in health; from heart disease to diabetes, the populations most afflicted by a range of illnesses are racialized minorities. The solutions generally proposed to the problem ofracial health disparities have been social and environmental in nature, but in the wake of the mapping of the human genome, genetic thinking has come to have considerable influence on how such inequalities are problematized. Racial Prescriptions explores the politics of dealing with health inequities through targeting pharmaceuticals at specific racial groups based on the idea that they are genetically different. Drawing on the introduction of BiDil to treat heart failure among African Americans, this book contends that while racialized pharmaceuticals are ostensibly about fostering life, they also raise thorny questions concerning the biologization of race, the reproduction of inequality, and the economic exploitation of the racial body.

Engaging the concept of biopower in an examination of race, genetics and pharmaceuticals, Racial Prescriptions will appeal to sociologists, anthropologists and scholars of science and technology studies with interests in medicine, health, bioscience, inequality and racial politics.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

In the contemporary United States, matters of life and health have become key political concerns. Important to this politics of life is the desire to overcome racial inequalities in health; from heart disease to diabetes, the populations most afflicted by a range of illnesses are racialized minorities. The solutions generally proposed to the problem ofracial health disparities have been social and environmental in nature, but in the wake of the mapping of the human genome, genetic thinking has come to have considerable influence on how such inequalities are problematized. Racial Prescriptions explores the politics of dealing with health inequities through targeting pharmaceuticals at specific racial groups based on the idea that they are genetically different. Drawing on the introduction of BiDil to treat heart failure among African Americans, this book contends that while racialized pharmaceuticals are ostensibly about fostering life, they also raise thorny questions concerning the biologization of race, the reproduction of inequality, and the economic exploitation of the racial body.

Engaging the concept of biopower in an examination of race, genetics and pharmaceuticals, Racial Prescriptions will appeal to sociologists, anthropologists and scholars of science and technology studies with interests in medicine, health, bioscience, inequality and racial politics.

More books from Taylor and Francis

Cover of the book Mission of the University by Jonathan Xavier Inda
Cover of the book A Buddhist Crossroads by Jonathan Xavier Inda
Cover of the book Cultures in Conversation by Jonathan Xavier Inda
Cover of the book Big Data at Work by Jonathan Xavier Inda
Cover of the book Woody's Road by Jonathan Xavier Inda
Cover of the book The Multilateral Trading System and Human Rights by Jonathan Xavier Inda
Cover of the book Capital Formation and Economic Development by Jonathan Xavier Inda
Cover of the book The Year Names of China and Japan by Jonathan Xavier Inda
Cover of the book The Balkans on Trial by Jonathan Xavier Inda
Cover of the book Early Spanish Voyages to the Strait of Magellan by Jonathan Xavier Inda
Cover of the book Using Social Marketing for Public Emergency Preparedness by Jonathan Xavier Inda
Cover of the book Asymmetric Crisis in Europe and Possible Futures by Jonathan Xavier Inda
Cover of the book No Image There and the Gaze Remains by Jonathan Xavier Inda
Cover of the book Perspectives on Nationalism and War by Jonathan Xavier Inda
Cover of the book Reconstructing Identities in Higher Education by Jonathan Xavier Inda
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy