Mulatto Republic
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2014
University Press of Florida (Verlag)
978-0-8130-4919-9 (ISBN)
University Press of Florida (Verlag)
978-0-8130-4919-9 (ISBN)
April Mayes looks at the many ways Dominicans define themselves through race, skin colour, and culture. She explores significant historical factors and events that have led the nation, for much of the twentieth century, to favour privileged European ancestry and Hispanic cultural norms such as the Spanish language and Catholicism.
The Dominican Republic was once celebrated as a mulatto racial paradise. Now the island nation is idealized as a white, Hispanic nation, having abandoned its many Haitian and black influences. The possible causes of this shift in ideologies between popular expressions of Dominican identity and official nationalism has long been debated by historians, political scientists, and journalists.
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.
The Dominican Republic was once celebrated as a mulatto racial paradise. Now the island nation is idealized as a white, Hispanic nation, having abandoned its many Haitian and black influences. The possible causes of this shift in ideologies between popular expressions of Dominican identity and official nationalism has long been debated by historians, political scientists, and journalists.
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.
April J Mayes Education: B.A., Pomona College; Ph.D., University of Michigan, USA Expertise: Colonial and Modern Caribbean History; Colonial and Modern Latin American History; Slavery and Emancipation in the Americas; Sugar Production in the Spanish-Speaking Caribbean; U.S.-Latin American Relations; Transnational Migration, Gender, Race, and Sexuality; Latin American and Caribbean Women's History, Feminist Theory, and Feminist Activism; Afro-Latin America; Black/Africana Studies; Dominican Republic; U.S.-Latin American/Caribbean Relations
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 31.3.2014 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 17 black & white photographs, 2 maps |
| Verlagsort | Florida |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 154 x 231 mm |
| Gewicht | 481 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8130-4919-9 / 0813049199 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8130-4919-9 / 9780813049199 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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