The Borders of Dominicanidad Race, Nation, and Archives of Contradiction

Lorgia García-Peña constructs the genealogy of dominicanidad, using it as a category to understand how official narratives have racialized Dominican bodies as a way to sustain the nation's borders. Examining artistic and literary representations of Dominican history, she examines how marginalized Dominicans have contested official narratives to avoid exclusion;5. Writing from El Nié: Exile and the Poetics of Dominicanidad Ausente -- Postscript. Anti-Haitianism and the Global War on Blackness -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index;Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Note on Terminology -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Dominicanidad in Contradiction -- Part I. Founding the Archive -- 1. The Galindo Virgins: Violence and Repetition in the Archive of Dominicanidad -- 2. Of Bandits and Wenches: The US Occupation (1916-1924) and the Criminalization of Dominican Blackness -- 3. Speaking in Silences: Literary Interruptions and the Massacre of 1937 -- Part II. Diaspora Contradicts -- 4. Rayano Consciousness: Remapping the Haiti-DR Border after the Earthquake of 2010