Black behind the ears Dominican racial identity from museums to beauty shops /
Candelario, Ginetta E. B.
Black behind the ears Dominican racial identity from museums to beauty shops / [electronic resource] : Ginetta E.B. Candelario. - Durham : Duke University Press, 2007. - xiii, 340 p. : ill., maps. - e-Duke books scholarly collection. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-322) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Dominicans--Ethnic identity.--United States
Blacks--Race identity--Dominican Republic.
Ethnicity--Dominican Republic.
National characteristics, Dominican.
Electronic books.
F1941.B55 / C36 2007
Black behind the ears Dominican racial identity from museums to beauty shops / [electronic resource] : Ginetta E.B. Candelario. - Durham : Duke University Press, 2007. - xiii, 340 p. : ill., maps. - e-Duke books scholarly collection. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-322) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Dominicans--Ethnic identity.--United States
Blacks--Race identity--Dominican Republic.
Ethnicity--Dominican Republic.
National characteristics, Dominican.
Electronic books.
F1941.B55 / C36 2007