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Are the ‘monstrous races’ races?

postmedieval: a journal of medieval cultural studies, 2015
This essay considers the use of the modern term ‘monstrous races’ to describe the wondrous beings found in Herodotus, Pliny, The Wonders of the East, world maps and elsewhere. Considering the etymology and history of the word ‘race,’ a series of modern definitions are tested out on figures found in the images and texts of the British Library MS Harley ...
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RACE BEFORE RACE

Chapter 1 argues that it was the medieval Roman Church’s pastoral “government of souls,” its management of the flock of Christendom through a regime of instruction, inspection, confession, and interrogation, that provided the governmental tool kit through which “race” would eventually be assembled.
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Race

2015
Taking a comparative approach, this textbook is a concise introduction to race. Illustrated with detailed examples from around the world, it is organised into two parts. Part One explores the historical changes in ideas about race from the ancient world to the present day, in different corners of the globe.
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When is ‘race’ a race? 1946–2003

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, 2008
There has been a widely perceived sense of a contemporary resurgence of the category of race in western genetics, epidemiology and medicine. In what follows, some important American and British journals in these fields are surveyed for their content from 1946-2003, with the aim of comparatively tracing the use of the race category among American ...
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After race: Ethnography, race and post-race theory

Ethnic and Racial Studies, 2006
Abstract If race is an arbitrary sign used to divide up the human population, why do social constructionists continue to deploy the term at the same time as they refute its existence? If race is an empty category that holds no value what does it mean to be writing, researching and conducting ethnography in the name of race?
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A Race Is a Race Is a Race

The Physician and Sportsmedicine, 1988
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RACE AND RACES

The Heythrop Journal, 1971
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American Cancer Society's Report on the Status of Cancer Disparities in the United States, 2021

Ca-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 2022
Rebecca L. Siegel, Carmen E Guerra, Ahmedin Jemal   +2 more
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Race in Medicine — Genetic Variation, Social Categories, and Paths to Health Equity

New England Journal of Medicine, 2021
Joseph L Graves, Winfred W Williams, Sarah Tishkoff   +2 more
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The Race

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 2006
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