| Description |
xiii, 340 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [297]-322) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : "We declare that we are Indians" : Dominican identity displays and discourses in travel writing, museums, beauty shops, and bodies -- "It is said that Haiti is getting blacker and blacker" : traveling narratives of Dominican identity -- "The Africans have no [public] history" : the Museo del Hombre Dominicano and indigenous displays of Dominican identity -- "I could go the African American route" : Dominicans in the black mosaic of Washington, D.C. -- "They are taken into account for their opinions" : making community and displaying identity at a Dominican beauty shop in New York City -- "Black women are confusing, but the hair lets you know" : perceiving the boundaries of Dominicanidad -- Conclusion : "Black behind the ears, and up front, too" : ideological code switching and ambiguity in Dominican identities. |
| Subject |
Black people -- Race identity -- Dominican Republic.
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Ethnicity -- Dominican Republic.
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National characteristics, Dominican.
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Dominicans -- United States -- Ethnic identity.
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| ISBN |
9780822340188 cloth alkaline paper |
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0822340186 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780822340379 paperback alkaline paper |
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0822340372 paperback alkaline paper |
| Standard No. |
2562416 |
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