Not Even a Grain of Rice - Buying Food on Credit in the Dominican Republic

Christine Hippert examines buying food on credit in corner stores in Cabarete, an international tourism destination in the Dominican Republic and a hub for migrant laborers. The voices in this book highlight people's experiences with food, debt, and survival to reveal emerging social changes related to race, gender, class, and citizenship.

List of contents

Introduction: "Not Even a Grain of Rice:" Living and Working in a Precarious Place
Chapter One: "I'm Not a Racist, But...:" Friction, Anti-Haitianism, and Everyday Intercultural
Relations in Cabarete
Chapter Two : "Everything is Cheaper at the Supermarket, But I Can't Afford It:" Colmados as a
Total Social Phenomenon
Chapter Three : "Pa' la Dignidad:" Fiao and the Emergent Moralities of Being Responsible
Chapter Four : "The Door Is Always Open...Until It Isn't:" The Hidden Labor of Becoming
Gente Responsable
Conclusion: "Fíame, Por Favor:" Ties that Bind in Cabarete

About the author

By Christine Hippert

Summary

In Not Even a Grain of Rice, Christine Hippert examines the intercultural networks of buying food with in-store credit at corner stores in the Dominican Republic.

Product details

• Authors: Christine Hippert
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781498569606
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-6960-6
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: Crossing Borders in a Global World: Applying Anthropology to Migration, Displacement, and Social Change; Crossing Borders in a Global W
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Agriculture & Food, Food & society, Social and cultural anthropology, Dominican Republic, Cultural studies: food and society