Ginetta E B Candelario

Black Behind the Ears

Dominican Racial Identity from Museums to Beauty Shops

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Produktbeschreibung

An exploration of Dominican identity formation in the Dominican Republic and the United States. Examines how their definition of race, especially as seen in hair texture, was influenced by U.S. imperialism in the early 19th century through today.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 165mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 612g
• ISBN-13: 9780822340188
• ISBN-10: 0822340186
• Artikelnr.: 22874165

Autorenporträt

Ginetta E. B. Candelario is Associate Professor of Sociology and Latin American and Latina/o Studies at Smith College.

Inhaltsangabe

Figures and Tables ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction. "We Declare That We Are Indians": Dominican Identity Displays
and Discourses in Travel Writing, Museums, Beauty Shops, and Bodies 1
1. "It Is Said That Haiti Is Getting Blacker and Blacker": Traveling
Narratives of Dominican Identity 35
2. "The Africans have No [Public] History": The Museo del Hombre Dominicano
and Indigenous Displays of Dominican Identity 83
3. "I Could Go the African American Route": Dominicans in the Black Mosaic
of Washington, D.C. 129
4. "They Are Taken into Account for Their Opinions": Making Community and
Displaying Identity at a Dominican Beauty Shop in New York City 177
5. "Black Women are Confusing, but the Hair Lets You Know": Perceiving the
Boundaries of Dominicanidad 223
Conclusion: "Black Behind the Ears, and Up Front, Too": Ideological Code
Switching and Ambiguity in Dominican Identities 256
Notes 265
References 297
Index 323