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Autore |
Candelario Ginetta E. B |
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Titolo |
Black behind the ears : Dominican racial identity from museums to beauty shops / / Ginetta E.B. Candelario |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Durham, : Duke University Press, 2007 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-03549-9 |
9786613035493 |
0-8223-9028-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (359 p.) |
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Collana |
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e-Duke books scholarly collection |
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Disciplina |
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305.896/07293 |
305.89607293 |
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Soggetti |
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Blacks - Race identity - Dominican Republic |
Ethnicity - Dominican Republic |
National characteristics, Dominican |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-322) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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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Sommario/riassunto |
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An innovative historical and ethnographic examination of Dominican identity formation in the Dominican Republic and the United States. |
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