The Devil behind the Mirror : Globalization and Politics in the Dominican Republic

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 racis

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Year of publication:	2014
Authors:	Gregory, Steven
Publisher:	Berkeley : University of California Press
Subject:	Dominikanische Republik \| Dominican Republic \| Globalisierung \| Globalization \| Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen \| International economic relations \| Tourismus \| Tourism \| Entwicklung \| Economic development \| Tourismuswirtschaft \| Tourism industry \| Wirtschaftliche Anpassung \| Economic adjustment

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Extent:	Online-Ressource (311 p)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based upon print version of record 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
ISBN:	978-0-520-28225-4 ; 978-0-520-95789-3 ; 978-0-520-28225-4
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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