The Mulatto Republic : class, race, and Dominican national identity /

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This book examines how the Dominican Republic came to value being white over being black, especially given how many Dominicans are of African descent. Mayes looks at a seminal period of Dominican history, from the War of Restoration to the early decades of Trujillo's rule.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Mayes, April J. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2014]
Subjects:
Ethnicity > Dominican Republic.
Racially mixed people > Race identity > Dominican Republic.
National characteristics, Dominican.
Racism > Dominican Republic.
Race awareness > Dominican Republic.
Social classes > Dominican Republic.
Dominicans (Dominican Republic)
Ethnicité > République dominicaine.
Dominicains (Peuple)
Racisme > République dominicaine.
Conscience de race > République dominicaine.
Classes sociales > République dominicaine.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
HISTORY > Latin America > General.
Ethnicity
National characteristics, Dominican
Race awareness
Race relations
Racially mixed people > Race identity
Racism
Social classes
Rassismus
Ethnizität
Dominican Republic > Race relations.
Dominican Republic
Dominikanische Republik
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Debating Dominicanidad in the nineteenth century
  • The changing landscape of power in the sugar-growing East
  • The culture of progress in San Pedro de Macorís
  • Policing the urban poor
  • Debating Dominicans' race during the U.S. occupation
  • Gender and Hispanidad in the new era.

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