Being la Dominicana : race and identity in the visual culture of Santo Domingo / Rachel Afi Quinn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Quinn, Rachel Afi, author.

Series:

Dissident feminisms

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Dominican Republic.

Women.

Feminism--Dominican Republic.

Feminism.

Dominicans (Dominican Republic)--Race identity.

Dominicans (Dominican Republic).

Dominican Republic.

Physical Description:

x, 247 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2021]

Summary:

"This book investigates the ways Dominican visual culture portrays Dominican women and how women represent themselves in their own creative endeavors in response to existing stereotypes. Delving into the dynamic realities and uniquely racialized gendered experiences of women in Santo Domingo, Quinn reveals the way racial ambiguity and color hierarchy work to shape experiences of identity and subjectivity in the Dominican Republic. She merges analyses of context and interviews with young Dominican women to offer rare insights into a Caribbean society in which the tourist industry and popular media reward, and rely upon, the ability of Dominican women to transform themselves to perform gender, race, and class"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Sites of Identity: Facebook, Murals, and Vernacular Images

2. Me Quedo Con La Grena: Dominican Women's Identities and Ambiguities

3. Whiteness, Transformative Bodies, and the Queer Dominicanidad of Rita Indiana

4. A Thorn in Her Foot: the Discomfort of Racism and the Ethnographic Moment

5. The Camera Obscura: Teatro Maleducadas' Production of La Casa De Bernarda Alba

6. Feminist Rage and the Right To Life For Women in the Dominican Republic.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Quinn, Rachel Afi, Being la Dominicana

ISBN:

9780252043819

0252043812

9780252085802

0252085809

OCLC:

1196241395

Publisher Number:

99988364212