Paternity : : The Elusive Quest for the Father / / Nara B. Milanich.
For most of human history, paternity was uncertain. Blood types, fingerprinting, and, recently, DNA analysis promised to solve the riddle of paternity. But even genetic certainty did not end the quest for the father. Rather, as Nara Milanich reveals, it confirms the social, cultural, and political n...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2019] ©2019 |
Year of Publication: | 2019 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (320 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PROLOGUE WHO’S YOUR DADDY? -- 1. LOOKING FOR THE FATHER -- 2. THE CHARLATAN AND THE OSCILLOPHORE -- 3. BLOOD WORK -- 4. CITY OF STRANGERS -- 5. BODIES OF EVIDENCE -- 6. JEWISH FATHERS, ARYAN GENEALOGIES -- 7. TO THE WHITE HUSBAND A BLACK BABY -- 8. CITIZEN FATHERS AND PAPER SONS -- EPILOGUE PATERNITY IN THE AGE OF DNA -- ABBREVIATIONS -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INDEX |
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Summary: | For most of human history, paternity was uncertain. Blood types, fingerprinting, and, recently, DNA analysis promised to solve the riddle of paternity. But even genetic certainty did not end the quest for the father. Rather, as Nara Milanich reveals, it confirms the social, cultural, and political nature of the age-old question: Who’s your father? |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780674239982 9783110652031 |
DOI: | 10.4159/9780674239982 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Nara B. Milanich. |