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The devil behind the mirror : globalization and politics in the Dominican Republic / Steven Gregory ; with a new preface.
De Gruyter University of California Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gregory, Steven, 1954- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Globalization--Dominican Republic.
- Globalization.
- Globalization--Political aspects--Dominican Republic.
- Tourism--Dominican Republic.
- Tourism.
- Dominican Republic--Foreign economic relations.
- Dominican Republic.
- Dominican Republic--Economic conditions--1961-.
- Dominican Republic--Social conditions--1961-.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (311 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, [2014]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 17, 2014).
- ISBN:
- 9780520957893
- 052095789X
- OCLC:
- 871860637
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