Chapter Mapping Jewish Identities Migratory Histories and the Transnational Re-Framing of 'Ashkenazi BRCA Mutations' in the UK and Brazil

Through a comparion of etnographic research in the UK and Brazil, this chapter has examined now changing scientific and medical understandings regarding the origin, genealogical history and patrimony of the so-called Ashkenazi mutations have been diversely taken up and put to use in clinical/researc...

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Main Author: Mozersky, Jessica (auth)
Other Authors: Gibbon, Sahra (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis 2014
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