Black behind the ears : Dominican racial identity from museums to beauty shops /

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An innovative historical and ethnographic examination of Dominican identity formation in the Dominican Republic and the United States.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Candelario, Ginetta E. B.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, 2007.
Colección:E-Duke books scholarly collection.
Temas:
Dominicans > United States > Ethnic identity.
Dominicans.
Black people > Race identity > Dominican Republic.
Ethnicity > Dominican Republic.
National characteristics, Dominican.
Ethnicité > République dominicaine.
Dominicains (Peuple)
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Cultural Heritage.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
Black people > Race identity.
Ethnicity.
Dominican Republic.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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