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

• Autore: Candelario Ginetta E. B
• Pubblicazione: Durham, : Duke University Press, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (359 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.896/07293
• Soggetto topico: Black people - Race identity - Dominican Republic; Ethnicity - Dominican Republic; National characteristics, Dominican
• Classificazione: ZG 8640
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Black behind the ears
• ISBN: 1-283-03549-9; 9786613035493; 0-8223-9028-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910777992303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: E-Duke books scholarly collection.