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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824219703321

Autore

Candelario Ginetta E. B

Titolo

Black behind the ears : Dominican racial identity from museums to beauty shops / / Ginetta E.B. Candelario

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Durham, : Duke University Press, 2007

ISBN

1-283-03549-9

9786613035493

0-8223-9028-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (359 p.)

Collana

e-Duke books scholarly collection

Classificazione

ZG 8640

Disciplina

305.896/07293

305.89607293

Soggetti

Blacks - Race identity - Dominican Republic

Ethnicity - Dominican Republic

National characteristics, Dominican

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-322) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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