The Devil behind the Mirror: Globalization and Politics in the Dominican Republic
Author:   Steven Gregory
Publisher:   University of California Press
Edition:   First Edition, with a New Pref ed.
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9780520282254


Pages:   312
Publication Date:   25 April 2014
Format:   Paperback
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In The Devil behind the Mirror, Steven Gregory provides a compelling and intimate account of the impact that transnational processes associated with globalization are having on the lives and livelihoods of people in the Dominican Republic. Grounded in ethnographic fieldwork conducted in the adjacent towns of Boca Chica and Andrés, Gregory's study deftly demonstrates how transnational flows of capital, culture, and people are mediated by contextually specific power relations, politics, and history. He explores such topics as the informal economy, the making of a telenova, sex tourism, and racism and discrimination against Haitians, who occupy the lowest rung on the Dominican economic ladder. Innovative, beautifully written, and now updated with a new preface,The Devil behind the Mirror masterfully situates the analysis of global economic change in everyday lives.

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Author:   Steven Gregory
Publisher:   University of California Press
Imprint:   University of California Press
Edition:   First Edition, with a New Pref ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780520282254


ISBN 10:   0520282256
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   25 April 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Preface to the 2014 Edition Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Politics of Livelihood 2. The Spatial Economy of Difference 3. Structures of the Imagination 4. Sex Tourism and the Political Economy of Masculinity 5. Race, Identity, and the Body Politic 6. The Politics of Transnational Capital Afterword Notes References Index

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Steven Gregory is Professor of Anthropology and African-American Studies at Columbia University. He is the author of Santeria in New York City: A Study in Cultural Resistance and Black Corona: Race and the Politics of Place in an Urban Community. He coedited Race with Roger Sanjek.

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