| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 340 pages) |
| Series |
e-Duke books scholarly collection.
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| 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 |
| Summary |
An innovative historical and ethnographic examination of Dominican identity formation in the Dominican Republic and the United States |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-322) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Dominicans -- United States -- Ethnic identity
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| SUBJECT |
Dominicans fast |
| 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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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Cultural Heritage.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- African American Studies.
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Black people -- Race identity
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Ethnicity
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National characteristics, Dominican
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Dominican Republic
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780822390282 |
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0822390280 |
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1283035499 |
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9781283035491 |
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9786613035493 |
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6613035491 |
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