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

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.

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: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2022
• EAN: 9781498569620
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-6962-0
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: Crossing Borders in a Global World: Applying Anthropology to Migration, Displacement, and Social Change
• 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