Reconstructing Racial Identity and the African Past in the Dominican Republic /

This book explores the socio-cultural shifts in the Dominican Republic's racial categories, concluding that Dominicans are slowly embracing blackness and ideas of African ancestry as they unbury the African past.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Simmons, Kimberly Eison
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, 2009.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Ethnische Identität
National characteristics, Dominican.
Ethnicity.
Black people > Race identity.
Dominicains (Peuple)
Ethnicite > Republique dominicaine.
Ethnicity > Dominican Republic.
Black people > Race identity > Dominican Republic.
Afrikaner.
Dominikanische Republik
Afrika
Dominican Republic.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Stirring the Sancocho : Dominicanness, race, and mixture in historical context
  • Indio : a question of color
  • The Dominican diaspora : blackening and whitening and mixture across borders
  • Africanidad and Afro-Dominican : alliances, organizations, and networks in the African diaspora.

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