LEADER 04120nam 22006855 450 001 9910151621303321 005 20220207165941.0 010 $a0-8135-8450-7 010 $a0-8135-8449-3 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813584508 035 $a(CKB)3710000000951627 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4743023 035 $a(OCoLC)963581320 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse53396 035 $a(DE-B1597)529117 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813584508 035 $a(OCoLC)1143820215 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000951627 100 $a20200229h20162016 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Dominican Racial Imaginary $eSurveying the Landscape of Race and Nation in Hispaniola /$fMilagros Ricourt 210 1$aNew Brunswick, NJ :$cRutgers University Press,$d[2016] 210 4$d©2016 215 $a1 online resource (200 pages) $cillustrations, maps 225 0 $aCritical Caribbean Studies 311 $a0-8135-8448-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tPreface --$t1. Introduction --$t2. Border at the Crossroads --$t3. The Creolization of Race --$t4. Cimarrones: The Seeds of Subversion --$t5. Criollismo Religioso --$t6. Race, Culture, and National Identity --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex --$tAbout the Author 330 $aThis book begins with a simple question: why do so many Dominicans deny the African components of their DNA, culture, and history? Seeking answers, Milagros Ricourt uncovers a complex and often contradictory Dominican racial imaginary. Observing how Dominicans have traditionally identified in opposition to their neighbors on the island of Hispaniola-Haitians of African descent-she finds that the Dominican Republic's social elite has long propagated a national creation myth that conceives of the Dominican as a perfect hybrid of native islanders and Spanish settlers. Yet as she pores through rare historical documents, interviews contemporary Dominicans, and recalls her own childhood memories of life on the island, Ricourt encounters persistent challenges to this myth. Through fieldwork at the Dominican-Haitian border, she gives a firsthand look at how Dominicans are resisting the official account of their national identity and instead embracing the African influence that has always been part of their cultural heritage. Building on the work of theorists ranging from Edward Said to Édouard Glissant, this book expands our understanding of how national and racial imaginaries develop, why they persist, and how they might be subverted. As it confronts Hispaniola's dark legacies of slavery and colonial oppression, The Dominican Racial Imaginary also delivers an inspiring message on how multicultural communities might cooperate to disrupt the enduring power of white supremacy. 410 0$aCritical Caribbean studies. 606 $aAnti-racism$zDominican Republic$xHistory 606 $aCultural pluralism$zDominican Republic$xHistory 606 $aCreoles$zDominican Republic$xHistory 606 $aBlack people$zDominican Republic$xHistory 606 $aNationalism$zDominican Republic$xHistory 606 $aEthnicity$zDominican Republic$xHistory 606 $aRacism$zDominican Republic$xHistory 607 $aDominican Republic$xSocial conditions 607 $aDominican Republic$xSocial life and customs 607 $aDominican Republic$xRace relations$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAnti-racism$xHistory. 615 0$aCultural pluralism$xHistory. 615 0$aCreoles$xHistory. 615 0$aBlack people$xHistory. 615 0$aNationalism$xHistory. 615 0$aEthnicity$xHistory. 615 0$aRacism$xHistory. 676 $a305.80097293 700 $aRicourt$b Milagros$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01075873 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910151621303321 996 $aThe Dominican Racial Imaginary$92585722 997 $aUNINA