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Black behind the ears [electronic resource] Dominican racial identity from museums to beauty shops / Ginetta E.B. Candelario.

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Candelario, Ginetta E. B

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ProQuest (Firm)

Material type: Text

TextSeries: e-Duke books scholarly collectionPublication details: Durham : Duke University Press, 2007.Description: xiii, 340 p. : ill., mapsSubject(s):

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Electronic books.

LOC classification:

F1941.B55 C36 2007

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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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Ebook	TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Online	eBook (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available

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

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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