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Informationen zum Autor MILAGROS RICOURT is a professor of Latin American and Puerto Rican studies at Lehman College, the City University of New York. She is the author of Women in Latin America and Dominicans in New York City: Power from the Margins, and coauthor of Hispanas de Queens: Latino Panethnicity in a New York City Neighborhood. Klappentext This book begins with a simple question: why do so many Dominicans deny the African components of their DNA, culture, and history? Seeking answers, Milagros Ricourt uncovers a complex and often contradictory Dominican racial imaginary. In doing so, she also delivers an inspiring message on how multicultural communities might cooperate to disrupt the enduring power of white supremacy. Zusammenfassung This book begins with a simple question: why do so many Dominicans deny the African components of their DNA! culture! and history? Seeking answers! Milagros Ricourt uncovers a complex and often contradictory Dominican racial imaginary. In doing so! she also delivers an inspiring message on how multicultural communities might cooperate to disrupt the enduring power of white supremacy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Border at the Crossroad Chapter 3 The Creolization of Race Chapter 4 Cimarrones: The Seed of Subversion Chapter 5 Criollismo Religioso Chapter 6 Race, Identity, and Nation NotesBibliographyIndex
