TY  - GEN
T1  - Being la Dominicana : race and identity in the visual culture of Santo Domingo
T2  - Dissident feminisms.
A1  - Quinn, Rachel Afi
LA  - English
PP  - Urbana
PB  - University of Illinois Press
YR  - 2021
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_on1245956999
AB  - "This book investigates the ways Dominican visual culture portrays Dominican women and how women represent themselves in their own creative endeavors in response to existing stereotypes. Delving into the dynamic realities and uniquely racialized gendered experiences of women in Santo Domingo, Quinn reveals the way racial ambiguity and color hierarchy work to shape experiences of identity and subjectivity in the Dominican Republic. She merges analyses of context and interviews with young Dominican women to offer rare insights into a Caribbean society in which the tourist industry and popular media reward, and rely upon, the ability of Dominican women to transform themselves to perform gender, race, and class"--
CN  - HQ1514
SN  - 9780252052712
SN  - 0252052714
SN  - 9780252043819
SN  - 9780252085802
KW  - Women : Dominican Republic.
KW  - Feminism : Dominican Republic.
KW  - Dominicans (Dominican Republic) : Race identity.
KW  - Femmes : République dominicaine.
KW  - Féminisme : République dominicaine.
KW  - Dominicains (Peuple) : Identité ethnique.
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
KW  - Feminism
KW  - Women
KW  - Dominican Republic
ER  -