Description |
1 online resource (311 pages) |
Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; 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 |
Summary |
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, an |
Notes |
Previous edition: 2007 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
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Globalization -- Political aspects -- Dominican Republic
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Tourism -- Dominican Republic
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- General.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Reference.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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Economic history
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Globalization -- Political aspects
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Social conditions
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Tourism
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SUBJECT |
Dominican Republic -- Economic conditions -- 1961-
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85038978
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Dominican Republic -- Social conditions -- 1961- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85038995
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Dominican Republic
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780520957893 |
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052095789X |
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