{"product_id":"the-borders-of-dominicanidad-9780822362470","title":"The Borders of Dominicanidad","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLorgia Garcia-Pena constructs the genealogy of dominicanidad, using it as a category to understand how official narratives have racialized Dominican bodies as a way to sustain the nation's borders. Examining artistic and literary representations of Dominican history, she examines how marginalized Dominicans have contested official narratives to avoid exclusion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] valuable addition to the body of literature on the subjects of Haiti–Dominican Republic relations and Dominican anti-Haitianism.”\u003cbr\u003e   -- F. S. J. Ledgister * Hispanic American Historical Review *\u003cbr\u003e\"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 T. Middleton IV * Ethnic and Racial Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\"A historically grounded, meticulously researched, and thoughtful analysis. . . . Among the book’s many strengths are its readable and jargon-free prose, its detailed analysis of events that have received little attention in Dominican history and literature, and its investigation of 'never-beforestudied evidence based documents found in historical archives in Santo Domingo, Port-au-Prince, and Washington D.C.' (15). . . . A brave and successful effort to unearth and honor the truths that get silenced by hegemonic narratives.\" -- Sobeira Latorre * The Latin Americanist *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNote on Terminology  ix   Acknowledgments  xi   Introduction. Dominicanidad in Contradiction  2   Part I. Founding the Archive   1. The Galindo Virgins: Violence, Repetition, and the Founding of Dominicanidad  23   2. Of Bandits and Wenches: The US Occupation (1916-1924) and the Criminalization of Dominican Blackness  58   3. Speaking in Silences: Literary Interruptions and the Massacre of 1937  93   Part II. Diaspora Contradicts   4. Rayano Consciousness: Remapping the Haiti-DR Border after the Earthquake of 2010  129   5. Writing from El Nie: Exile and the Poetics of Dominicanidad Ausente  170   Postscript. Anti-Haitianism and the Global War on Blackness  203   Notes  213   Bibliography  247   Index  261","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406098833751,"sku":"9780822362470","price":72.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822362470.jpg?v=1730494521","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-borders-of-dominicanidad-9780822362470","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}