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The Devil behind the Mirror
Globalization and Politics in the Dominican Republic
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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, 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.
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Publisher
University of California PressYear
2014Print ISBN
9780520282254
Edition
1eBook ISBN
9780520957893
18
THE
DEVIL
BEHIND
THE
MIRROR
“Tell
me,
Gregory,
how
is
the
book
going?”
Minaya
asked.
“Little
by
little,”
I
replied.
I
took
the
opportunity
to
remind
him
about
my
work.
I
told
him
that
I
was
writing
about
the
changing
economy—
tourism,
privatization,
and
so
on—and
about
the
impact
of
these
changes
on
people’s
lives.
Minaya
thought
for
a
moment.
“Here
we
are
all
poor,”
he
said,
grin-
ning
as
he
did
when
preparing
a
joke
in
his
mind.
“So
you
will
have
to
write
a
very
big
book!”
We
stayed
at
the
colmado
for
another
hour,
bringing
each
other
up
to
date
on
our
lives.
Just
as
I
was
about
to
leave,
Minaya
asked
about
my
trip
to
Cuba
the
year
before.
I
replied
that
although
there
were
shortages
and
other
problems,
people
seemed
to
have
enough
to
eat
and
access
to
health
care
and
other
essential
services.
“But,
Gregory,”
he
countered,
leaning
toward
me,
“they
say
that
in
Cuba
there
is
no
freedom—there
is
no
democracy.”
His
face
became
stern,
wrinkles
forming
across
his
brow.
“Yes,
that’s
what
they
say.”
I
did
not
want
to
argue
politics
with
a
friend.
3.
Minaya
and
Jocelyn
Sánchez
on
Diana’s
fifth
birthday.
Photo
by
the
author.
Table of 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
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