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This is an edited volume that seeks to elaborate new methodologies
and forge new questions in research about Haiti and the Dominican
Republic.
"Impels the reader to not lean solely on the crutch of Dominican
anti-Haitianism in order to understand Dominican identity and state
formation. Mayes proves that there was a multitude of factors that
sharpen our knowledge of the development of race and nation in the
Dominican Republic."--Millery Polyne, author of "From Douglass to
Duvalier" "A fascinating book. Mayes discusses the roots of
anti-Haitianism, the Dominican elite, and the ways in which race
and nation have been intertwined in the history of the Dominican
Republic. What emerges is a very interesting and engaging social
history."--Kimberly Eison Simmons, author of "Reconstructing Racial
Identity and the African Past in the Dominican Republic" The
Dominican Republic was once celebrated as a mulatto racial
paradise. Now the island nation is idealized as a white, Hispanic
nation, having abandoned its many Haitian and black influences. The
possible causes of this shift in ideologies between popular
expressions of Dominican identity and official nationalism has long
been debated by historians, political scientists, and
journalists.
In "The Mulatto Republic," April Mayes looks at the many ways
Dominicans define themselves through race, skin color, and culture.
She explores significant historical factors and events that have
led the nation, for much of the twentieth century, to favor
privileged European ancestry and Hispanic cultural norms such as
the Spanish language and Catholicism.
Mayes seeks to discern whether contemporary Dominican identity is a
product of the Trujillo regime--and, therefore, only a legacy of
authoritarian rule--or is representative of a nationalism unique to
an island divided into two countries long engaged with each other
in ways that are sometimes cooperative and at other times
conflicted. Her answers enrich and enliven an ongoing debate.
The Dominican Republic was once celebrated as a mulatto racial
paradise. Now the island nation is idealized as a white, Hispanic
nation, having abandoned its many Haitian and black influences. The
possible causes of this shift in ideologies between popular
expressions of Dominican identity and official nationalism has long
been debated by historians, political scientists, and journalists.
In The Mulatto Republic, April Mayes looks at the many ways
Dominicans define themselves through race, skin color, and culture.
She explores significant historical factors and events that have
led the nation, for much of the twentieth century, to favor
privileged European ancestry and Hispanic cultural norms such as
the Spanish language and Catholicism. Mayes seeks to discern
whether contemporary Dominican identity is a product of the
Trujillo regime - and, therefore, only a legacy of authoritarian
rule - or is representative of a nationalism unique to an island
divided into two countries long engaged with each other in ways
that are sometimes cooperative and at other times conflicted. Her
answers enrich and enliven an ongoing debate.
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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