The devil behind the mirror : globalization and politics in the Dominican Republic / / Steven Gregory ; with a new preface
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Gregory Steven <1954->
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| Titolo: |
The devil behind the mirror : globalization and politics in the Dominican Republic / / Steven Gregory ; with a new preface
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| Pubblicazione: | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [2014] |
| ©2014 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (311 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 330.97293 |
| Soggetto topico: | Globalization - Dominican Republic |
| Globalization - Political aspects - Dominican Republic | |
| Tourism - Dominican Republic | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Dominican Republic Foreign economic relations |
| Dominican Republic Economic conditions 1961- | |
| Dominican Republic Social conditions 1961- | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | The politics of livelihood -- The spatial economy of difference -- Structures of the imagination -- Sex, tourism and the political economy of masculinity -- Race, identity, and the body politic -- The politics of transnational capital. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 towns of Boca Chica and Andrés, Gregory's study deftly demonstrates how transnational flows of capital, culture, and people are mediated by contextually specific power relations, politics, and history. He explores such topics as the informal economy, the making of a telenova, sex tourism, and racism and discrimination against Haitians, who occupy the lowest rung on the Dominican economic ladder. Innovative, beautifully written, and now updated with a new preface, The Devil behind the Mirror masterfully situates the analysis of global economic change in everyday lives. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The devil behind the mirror |
| ISBN: | 0-520-95789-X |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910464058303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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