Imaginace genů a hranice etnických identifikací
| Title in English | Imagination of genes and borderlines of ethnic identifications |
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| Year of publication | 2005 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Sociální studia |
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| Citation | |
| Field | Sociology, demography |
| Keywords | nature/culture; body; biopolitics; ethnicity; genomic research |
| Description | Abstract: Taking advantage of critical cultural theory, this text examines the narrative concerning complementarity of sameness and difference in the production of knowledge within interpretation of National Geographic article. Representations of sameness and difference presented in this article refer to the cultural imagination of genomic and DNA research in connection with notions of nationality and ethnicity. Following text asks the consequences which the use of words and images connected with concepts of origin or imagination of the body for the construction of core-group or core solidarity of the specific community have brought. |
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