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The devil behind the mirror : globalization and politics in the Dominican Republic /
In The Devil behind the Mirror, Steven Gregory provides a compelling and intimate account of the impact that transnational processes associated with globalization are having on the lives and livelihoods of people in the Dominican Republic. Grounded in ethnographic fieldwork conducted in the adjacent...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
2014.
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| Edición: | [New edition] with a new preface. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In The Devil behind the Mirror, Steven Gregory provides a compelling and intimate account of the impact that transnational processes associated with globalization are having on the lives and livelihoods of people in the Dominican Republic. Grounded in ethnographic fieldwork conducted in the adjacent towns of Boca Chica and Andrés, Gregory's study deftly demonstrates how transnational flows of capital, culture, and people are mediated by contextually specific power relations, politics, and history. He explores such topics as the informal economy, the making of a telenova, sex tourism, an. |
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| Notas: | Previous edition: 2007. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (311 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520957893 052095789X |