Black behind the ears : Dominican racial identity from museums to beauty shops / Ginetta E.B. Candelario.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Duke University Press Books. e-Duke books scholarly collection.
Main Author:	Candelario, Ginetta E. B.
Language:	English
Published:	Durham : Duke University Press, 2007.
Series:	Duke University Press Books. e-Duke books scholarly collection.
Subjects:	Black people > Race identity > Dominican Republic. Ethnicity > Dominican Republic. National characteristics, Dominican. Dominicans > United States > Ethnic identity. Electronic books.
Genre:	Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (Digital Object Identifier Permalink)
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 340 pages)
Format:	Electronic eBook

Contents:

Introduction : "We declare that we are Indians" : Dominican identity displays and discourses in travel writing, museums, beauty shops, and bodies
"It is said that Haiti is getting blacker and blacker" : traveling narratives of Dominican identity
"The Africans have no [public] history" : the Museo del Hombre Dominicano and indigenous displays of Dominican identity
"I could go the African American route" : Dominicans in the black mosaic of Washington, D.C.
"They are taken into account for their opinions" : making community and displaying identity at a Dominican beauty shop in New York City
"Black women are confusing, but the hair lets you know" : perceiving the boundaries of Dominicanidad
Conclusion : "Black behind the ears, and up front, too" : ideological code switching and ambiguity in Dominican identities.