Race and Politics in the Dominican Republic,9780813017631

Race and Politics in the Dominican Republic

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ISBN13: 9780813017631
ISBN10: 0813017637
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2000-05-01
Publisher(s): Univ Pr of Florida
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Summary

Ernesto Sagas examines the historical development and political use of antihaitianismo, a set of racist and xenophobic attitudes prevalent today in the Dominican Republic that broadly portray Dominican people as white Catholics, while Haitians are viewed as spirit-worshipping black Africans. More than just a ploy to generate patriotism and rally against a neighboring country, the ideology also is used by Dominican leaders to divide their own lower classes.

Sagas looks at the notions of race held by Dominican elites in their creation of an imaginary "white" nation, particularly as the ideas were developed throughout the colonial era, then intellectually refined in the late 19th century, and later exalted to a state ideology during the Trujillo era. Finally, he examines how race and nationalist anti-Haitian feelings still are manipulated by conservative politicians and elites who seek to maintain the status quo, drawing on examples from recent political rhetoric and cartoons, campaign advertisements, and public school history textbooks.

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Table of Contents

Preface ix
Introduction: Race and Politics 1(20)
Antihaitianismo: From Colonialism to the Twentieth Century
21(23)
Antihaitianismo and State Ideology during the Trujillo Era
44(12)
Antihaitianismo as a Political Tool for Trujillo
56(13)
Antihaitianismo Ideology in the Post-Trujillo Period
69(26)
Balaguer and the Cohabitation of Antihaitianismo with Democracy
95(22)
Conclusion: The Political Manipulation of Race 117(12)
Appendix A. Dominican Identification Cards 129(4)
Appendix B. Anti-Haitian Political Cartoons from the Dominican Press 133(4)
Appendix C. Anti-Pena Gomez Political Propaganda 137(4)
Notes 141(8)
References 149(12)
Index 161

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