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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Candelario, Ginetta E. B.

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection.

e-Duke books scholarly collection

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dominicans--United States--Ethnic identity.

Dominicans.

Black people--Race identity--Dominican Republic.

Black people.

Ethnicity--Dominican Republic.

Ethnicity.

National characteristics, Dominican.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (359 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An innovative historical and ethnographic examination of Dominican identity formation in the Dominican Republic and the United States.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-322) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786613035493

9781283035491

1283035499

9780822390282

0822390280

OCLC:

262328121