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Living at the Border. Nationality and Issues of Identification on the Dominican-Haitian Borderland

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  • Catherine Bourgoise
No. 10 (2018): Abril-septiembre. Dossier: "El racismo en el Caribe: prácticas y resistencias"
https://doi.org/10.5354/mrd.v0i10.48848

Abstract

At present, the Dominican Republic is the first destination for many Haitian migrants. Moreover, Haiti and Haitians have occupied a special place in the Dominican collective imagination for more than a century. Based on an ethnographic fieldwork, this article questions the daily relationships between Haitians and Dominicans in the Dominican borderland formerly known for its mixed society. Ethnography thus reveals the role of physical appearances and identity affiliations during interactions. It also reveals the importance of identity assignments, particularly in terms of circulation in a society strongly marked by racial discrimination and a national ideology centered on anti-Haitianism

Keywords:

Diminican Republic, Haiti, Borderland, racism, migration

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Bourgoise, C. (2018). Living at the Border. Nationality and Issues of Identification on the Dominican-Haitian Borderland: Nationality and Issues of Identification on the Dominican-Haitian Borderland. Meridional. Revista Chilena De Estudios Latinoamericanos, (10), 71–104. https://doi.org/10.5354/mrd.v0i10.48848
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