The Devil behind the Mirror - Steven Gregory

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Résumé :
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 Andres, 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, and racism and discrimination against Haitians, who occupy the lowest rung on the Dominican economic ladder. Innovative, beautifully written, and now updated with a new preface, The Devil behind the Mirror masterfully situates the analysis of global economic change in everyday lives.

Biographie:
Steven Gregory is Professor of Anthropology and African-American Studies at Columbia University. He is the author of Santeria in New York City: A Study in Cultural Resistance and Black Corona: Race and the Politics of Place in an Urban Community. He coedited Race with Roger Sanjek.

Sommaire:
List of Illustrations ix Preface to the 2014 Edition xi Acknowledgments xxi Introduction 1 1. The Politics of Livelihood 11 2. The Spatial Economy of Difference 50 3. Structures of the Imagination 92 4. Sex Tourism and the Political Economy of Masculinity 130 5. Race, Identity, and the Body Politic 166 6. The Politics of Transnational Capital 209 Afterword 234 Notes 247 References 261 Index 277