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The Borders of Dominicanidad: Race, Nation, and Archives of Contradiction
Lorgia García Peña
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Description for The Borders of Dominicanidad: Race, Nation, and Archives of Contradiction
Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJD; 1KJH; HBJK; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
In The Borders of Dominicanidad Lorgia García-Peña explores the ways official narratives and histories have been projected onto racialized Dominican bodies as a means of sustaining the nation's borders. García-Peña constructs a genealogy of dominicanidad that highlights how Afro-Dominicans, ethnic Haitians, and Dominicans living abroad have contested these dominant narratives and their violent, silencing, and exclusionary effects. Centering the role of U.S. imperialism in drawing racial borders between Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and the United States, she analyzes musical, visual, artistic, and literary representations of foundational moments in the history of the Dominican Republic: the murder of three girls and ... Read more
In The Borders of Dominicanidad Lorgia García-Peña explores the ways official narratives and histories have been projected onto racialized Dominican bodies as a means of sustaining the nation's borders. García-Peña constructs a genealogy of dominicanidad that highlights how Afro-Dominicans, ethnic Haitians, and Dominicans living abroad have contested these dominant narratives and their violent, silencing, and exclusionary effects. Centering the role of U.S. imperialism in drawing racial borders between Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and the United States, she analyzes musical, visual, artistic, and literary representations of foundational moments in the history of the Dominican Republic: the murder of three girls and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822362470
SKU
V9780822362470
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About Lorgia García Peña
Lorgia García-Peña is Assistant Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and of History and Literature at Harvard University.
Reviews for The Borders of Dominicanidad: Race, Nation, and Archives of Contradiction
"[A] valuable addition to the body of literature on the subjects of Haiti–Dominican Republic relations and Dominican anti-Haitianism.”
F. S. J. Ledgister
Hispanic American Historical Review
"Rich and insightful. . . Peña’s work is an interesting read and should provoke scholarly discussion and debate on the topic for a long time to come."
Richard ... Read more
F. S. J. Ledgister
Hispanic American Historical Review
"Rich and insightful. . . Peña’s work is an interesting read and should provoke scholarly discussion and debate on the topic for a long time to come."
Richard ... Read more