Black behind the ears: Dominican racial identity from museums to beauty shops

Abstract

Figures and Tables ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction. Declare That We Are Indians: Dominican Identity Displays and Discourses in Travel Writing, Museums, Beauty Shops, and Bodies 1 1. It Is Said That Haiti Is Getting Blacker and Blacker: Traveling Narratives of Dominican Identity 35 2. Africans have No [Public] History: The Museo del Hombre Dominicano and Indigenous Displays of Dominican Identity 83 3. I Could Go the African American Route: Dominicans in the Mosaic of Washington, D.C. 129 4. They Are Taken into Account for Their Opinions: Making Community and Displaying Identity at a Dominican Beauty Shop in New York City 177 5. Black Women are Confusing, but the Hair Lets You Know: Perceiving the Boundaries of Dominicanidad 223 Conclusion: Black Behind the Ears, and Up Front, Too: Ideological Code Switching and Ambiguity in Dominican Identities 256 Notes 265 References 297 Index 323

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