Racialization, Genes and the Reinventions of Nation in Europe

Campbell, B.

Abstract

Across Europe the possibilities of new reproductive technologies have been responded to by national ethical regulatory regimes in markedly different ways. This study moves genetic debates onto a comparative and historical plane, by looking specifically at the connections between ethnic markings of sperm and egg donation, and economic and cultural policies towards immigrant communities in the UK, Norway and Spain. It argues that elements of European colonial concerns to avoid racial mixture are evident in contemporary policies towards bio-technology and multiculturalism.

Citation

Campbell, B. (2007). Racialization, Genes and the Reinventions of Nation in Europe. In P. Wade (Ed.), Race, ethnicity and nation: perspectives from kinship and genetics (95-124). Berghahn Journals

• Online Publication Date: Nov 23, 2007
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2007
• Deposit Date: Jun 21, 2007
• Publisher: Berghahn Journals
• Pages: 95-124
• Series Title: Studies of the Biosocial Society
• Book Title: Race, ethnicity and nation: perspectives from kinship and genetics.
• ISBN: 9781845453558
• Keywords: Ethnicity, Sperm and egg donation, Multiculturalism.
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1668529
• Publisher URL: http://www.berghahnbooks.com/title.php?rowtag=WadeRace
• Additional Information: This chapter is a comparative analysis across different country studies undertaken within the EU project 'The Public Understanding of Genetics'.