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Good Hair, Bad Hair, Dominican Hair, Haitian Hair, Katie E. Saunders
Good Hair, Bad Hair, Dominican Hair, Haitian Hair, Katie E. Saunders
Master's Theses - Sociology and Anthropology
The goal of this research is to build on the literature concerning presentation practices of racial and national identity. The research examines presentation practices of race and national identity among Haitian heritage residents of the Dominican Republic (DR). Haitian immigrants have been an important part of the Dominican economy and the Dominican way of life since the beginning of the 20th century. Their descendants have to manage between Haitian and Dominican identities, while under the incredible pressure of anti-Haitian prejudices. The current literature concerning Dominican presentation practices asserts that normative presentation practices hide racial blackness. However, more recent literature questions …