A Qualitative Analysis of How Anthropologists Interpret the Race Construct
Dados Bibliográficos
| AUTOR(ES) | |
|---|---|
| AFILIAÇÃO(ÕES) | Center for Translational Bioethics and Health Care Policy Geisinger Health System Danville PA 17822, University of Washington, Duke University Press, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Seattle WA 98109 |
| ANO | 2017 |
| TIPO | Artigo |
| PERIÓDICO | American Anthropologist |
| ISSN | 0002-7294 |
| E-ISSN | 0002-7294 |
| EDITORA | Wiley (United States) |
| DOI | 10.1111/aman.12890 |
| CITAÇÕES | 7 |
| ADICIONADO EM | Não informado |
Resumo
This article assesses anthropological thinking about the race concept and its applications. Drawn from a broader national survey of geneticists' and anthropologists' views on race, in this analysis, we provide a qualitative account of anthropologists' perspectives. We delve deeper than simply asserting that 'race is a social construct.' Instead, we explore the differential ways in which anthropologists describe and interpret how race is constructed. Utilizing the heuristic of constructors, shifters, and reconcilers, we also illustrate the ways in which anthropologists conceptualize their interpretations of race along a broad spectrum as well as what these differential approaches reveal about the ideological and biological consequences of socially defined races, such as racism in general and racialized health disparities in particular. [race concept, social construction, racism, health disparities]