TY  - BOOK
AU  - Quinn,Rachel Afi
TI  - Being la Dominicana: race and identity in the visual culture of Santo Domingo 
T2  - Dissident feminisms
SN  - 9780252052712
AV  - HQ1514 .B456 2021
KW  - Women
KW  - Dominican Republic
KW  - Feminism
KW  - Dominicans (Dominican Republic)
KW  - Race identity
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; 2; b
N2  - "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"--
UR  - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=2891580&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518
ER  -