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1 online resource (311 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| 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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Globalization -- Political aspects -- Dominican Republic.
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Globalization -- Political aspects. |
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Dominican Republic. |
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Globalization. |
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Tourism -- Dominican Republic.
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Tourism. |
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Dominican Republic -- Economic conditions -- 1961-
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Economic conditions. |
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1961- |
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Dominican Republic -- Social conditions -- 1961-
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Social conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
Since 1961 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gregory, Steven. Devil behind the Mirror : Globalization and Politics in the Dominican Republic. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2014 9780520282254 |
| ISBN |
9780520957893 (electronic book) |
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052095789X (electronic book) |
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9780520282254 |
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