Black behind the Ears: Dominican Racial Identity from Museums to Beauty Shops (review)
In: Caribbean studies, Band 37, Heft 2, S. 200-203
ISSN: 1940-9095
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In: Caribbean studies, Band 37, Heft 2, S. 200-203
ISSN: 1940-9095
The origins of anti-Haitian and anti-black nationalist ideologies in the Dominican Republic have long been central to debates among the historians, political scientists, and journalists who wish to understand the relationship between popular expressions of Dominican identity and official nationalism. In The Mulatto Republic, April Mayes looks at the many ways Dominicans define themselves through race, skin color, and culture. She explores significant historical factors and events that have led the nation, for much of the twentieth century, to favor privileged European ancestry and Hispanic cultural norms such as the Spanish language and Catholicism. Mayes seeks to discern whether contemporary Dominican identity is a product of the Trujillo regime--and, therefore, only a legacy of authoritarian rule--or is representative of a nationalism unique to an island divided into two countries long engaged with each other in ways that are sometimes cooperative and at other times conflicted. Her answers enrich and enliven an ongoing debate.
This book examines how the Dominican Republic came to value being white over being black, especially given how many Dominicans are of African descent. Mayes looks at a seminal period of Dominican history, from the War of Restoration to the early decades of Trujillo's rule
In: New West Indian guide: NWIG = Nieuwe west-indische gids, Band 96, Heft 1-2, S. 153-154
ISSN: 2213-4360
In: Bulletin of Latin American research: the journal of the Society for Latin American Studies (SLAS), Band 37, Heft 2, S. 232-234
ISSN: 1470-9856
In: Latin American perspectives, Band 41, Heft 6, S. 3-8
ISSN: 1552-678X
In: Latin American perspectives: a journal on capitalism and socialism, Band 41, Heft 6, S. 3-8
ISSN: 0094-582X
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