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Ancestry re-imagined : dismantling the myth of genetic ethnicities / Kostas Kampourakis

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2023

Oxford : Oxford University Press

1 Online-Ressource : Illustrations (black and white, and colour)

Also issued in print: 2023

Includes bibliographical references and index

978-0-19-765637-2 ; 978-0-19-765634-1

 

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Recent social and political psychological research indicates that increased access to ancestry testing has strengthened the notion of genetic essentialism among some groups, or the idea that our biology ties us to particular ethnic identities. Using research from both the social sciences and the genetics literature as support, 'Ancestry Reimagined' establishes realistic expectations about what we can learn from our DNA as a foundation for examining the psychological impact of ancestry testing, including the differences between how this information is perceived versus its reality.