First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

What happens when persons of several Latin American national groups reside in the same neighborhood Milagros Ricourt and Ruby Danta consider the stories of women of different nationalities Colombian, Cuban, Dominican, Ecuadorian, Peruvian, Puerto Rican, Uruguayan, and others who live together in Corona, a working-class neighborhood in Queens. Corona has long been an arrival point for immigrants and is now made up predominantly of Spanish-speaking immigrants from the Caribbean and South and Central America, with smaller numbers from Asia, Africa, and Europe. There are also long-established...

What happens when persons of several Latin American national groups reside in the same neighborhood Milagros Ricourt and Ruby Danta consider the stories of women of different nationalities Colombian, Cuban, Dominican, Ecuadorian, Peruvian, Puerto Rican, Uruguayan, and others who live together in Corona, a working-class neighborhood in Queens. Corona has long been an arrival point for immigrants and is now made up predominantly of Spanish-speaking immigrants from the Caribbean and South and Central America, with smaller numbers from Asia, Africa, and Europe. There are also long-established...

This book begins with a simple question: why do so many Dominicans deny the African components of their DNA, culture, and history?Seeking answers, Milagros Ricourt uncovers a complex and often contradictory Dominican racial imaginary. Observing how Dominicans have traditionally identified in opposition to their neighbors on the island of Hispaniola Haitians of African descent she finds that the Dominican Republic s social elite has long propagated a national creation myth that conceives of the Dominican as a perfect hybrid of native islanders and Spanish settlers. Yet as she pores through...

This book begins with a simple question: why do so many Dominicans deny the African components of their DNA, culture, and history?Seeking answers, Milagros Ricourt uncovers a complex and often contradictory Dominican racial imaginary. Observing how Dominicans have traditionally identified in opposition to their neighbors on the island of Hispaniola Haitians of African descent she finds that the Dominican Republic s social elite has long propagated a national creation myth that conceives of the Dominican as a perfect hybrid of native islanders and Spanish settlers. Yet as she pores through...