In addition to sharing the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, Haiti
and the Dominican Republic share a complicated and at times painful
history. Yet Transnational Hispaniola shows that there is much more
to the two nations' relationship than their perceived antagonism.
Rejecting dominant narratives that reinforce opposition between the
two sides of the island, contributors to this volume highlight the
connections and commonalities that extend across the border,
mapping new directions in Haitianist and Dominicanist scholarship.
Exploring a variety of topics including European colonialism,
migration, citizenship, sex tourism, music, literature, political
economy, and art, contributors demonstrate that alternate views of
Haitian and Dominican history and identity have existed long before
the present day. From a moving section on passport petitions that
reveals the familial, friendship, and communal networks across
Hispaniola in the nineteenth century to a discussion of the shared
music traditions that unite the island today, this volume speaks of
an island and people bound together in a myriad of ways. Complete
with reflections and advice on teaching a transnational approach to
Haitian and Dominican studies, this agenda-setting volume argues
that the island of Hispaniola and its inhabitants should be studied
in a way that contextualizes differences, historicizes borders, and
recognizes cross-island links. Contributors: Paul Austerlitz,
Nathalie Bragadir, Raj Chetty, Anne Eller, Kaiama L. Glover, Maja
Horn, Regine Jean-Charles, Kiran C. Jayaram, Elizabeth Manley,
April Mayes, Elizabeth Russ, Fidel J. Tavarez, Elena Valdez
Publication of the paperback edition made possible by a Sustaining
the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan grant from the
National Endowment for the Humanities.
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