The Devil behind the Mirror : Globalization and Politics in the Dominican Republic /

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gregory, Steven, 1954- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2014.
Edition:[New edition] with a new preface.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Tourism.
Social conditions
Globalization > Political aspects.
Economic history.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Reference.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > General.
Mondialisation > Aspect politique > Republique dominicaine.
Tourism > Dominican Republic.
Globalization > Political aspects > Dominican Republic.
Dominican Republic.
Republique dominicaine > Conditions sociales > 1961-
Republique dominicaine > Conditions economiques > 1961-
Dominican Republic > Social conditions > 1961-
Dominican Republic > Economic conditions > 1961-
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface to the 2014 Edition; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Politics of Livelihood; 2. The Spatial Economy of Difference; 3. Structures of the Imagination; 4. Sex Tourism and the Political Economy of Masculinity; 5. Race, Identity, and the Body Politic; 6. The Politics of Transnational Capital; Afterword; Notes; References; Index.

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