Latin American Perspectives http://lap.sagepub.com/ Tropical Blues : Tourism and Social Exclusion in the Dominican Republic Amalia L. Cabezas Latin American Perspectives 2008 35: 21 DOI: 10.1177/0094582X08315765 The online version of this article can be found at: http://lap.sagepub.com/content/35/3/21 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com On behalf of: Latin American Perspectives‚ Inc. Additional services and information for Latin American Perspectives can be found at: Email
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Since history does not exist as a separate‚ unconnected entity‚ Hispaniola’s past European interactions has had lasting effects on the racial identification of The Dominican Republic and Haiti. Instead of focusing on 20th century history‚ such as the rule of the brutal Dominican dictator Rafael Truijo‚ European imperialism established the foundation for European affluence in Hispaniola‚ shaping the 20th and 21st century society. The mulatto population‚ mix race‚ was a result of Spanish and African
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Dominican Republic and Jamaica‚ sisters of the Caribbean The Caribbean is a mixture of different cultures and people. Jamaica is under the island of Cuba and on the west side of Haiti. The Dominican Republic shares it land with Haiti on the west and Puerto Rico is on the east‚ crossing the ´´canal de la mona´´. These islands may look similar in a geographical view but they have some peculiarities. Aspects like their languages and the political situation where they are living make them unique. Since
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ESL103 Unequal distribution of wealth in the Dominican Republic. The Dominican Republic is a country located in the Caribbean. It has a population about nine million of people. It is a country with a natural wealth but also with economic wealth which is affected by the unequal distribution. The Dominican Republic has three economic classes literally; high class‚ middle class‚ and lower class. Of the nine million of people about
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ironic twist is in the Dominican Republic. Although a grand majority of the Dominican people can be considered mulatto or of a mixed European and Black genealogy‚ many rejected their African descendants. Being “negro” is frowned upon in the Dominican Republic because it is a characteristic associated with the country’s neighbor on Hispañola‚ Haiti. The feud between Haiti and the Dominican Republic can be traced back to the 19th century and can be seen in modern times in the Dominican Republic’s attempt
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The Dominican Republic is known as a “cradle of blackness”. The Dominican Republic was originally the entry way for the first African slaves. Because of this‚ tension rose between the Dominicans and the Haitians. The people of the Dominican Republic decent wanted to migrate to Haiti‚ however‚ Haitians were not allowing it. The Tainos were the natives of the Dominican Republic who first greeted Columbus. They were known to be un-harmful and to their selves but to others they were a threat. Tainos
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it was just the way life was. On a particular July day‚ an American Airlines Boeing 737 aircraft landed at the Gregorio Luperón International Airport in Puerto Plata. My American family was now in the Dominican Republic. My grandparents had planned for our family to vacation to the Dominican Republic. Every three years we took a family vacation together‚ generally to an extravagant location where we were to spend a week as royalty. As I sat in my large first class seat I pondered how my week would
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keep members of the family incommunicado; and security forces surround the Mirabal estate‚ immobilizing every child‚ woman‚ and man in this formerly private space. Her turning him down made him do things to her family and almost everyone in the Dominican Republic. (Rodríguez) At this point‚ the Mirabal sisters know that it is impossible to just ignore or be indifferent to the political issues that were going on. They were all been suffering great losses. As the Mirabal sister grew up they grow up to
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This is a tale of love and hate in the Dominican Republic. The year 1492 marked the birth of hatred and weakness with the arrival of Columbus on our island. Again from 1822 to 1844‚ my ancestors were forced to face and resist the Haitians efforts to replace our Spanish heritage with their French culture during their slave revolution. Blinded by our optimism‚ we were proud Hispanos; we were all Santana’s‚ ready to join our father--Spain. Once more from 1916 to 1924‚ American Marine occupation taught
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Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic is a Spanish speaking country off the coast of Central America. Its northern shore is by the Atlantic Ocean and the southern side is guarded by the Caribbean Sea. It’s on an Island shared by Haiti. Dominican Republic is two-thirds of the island Hispaniola. The religion of Dominican Republic is mostly Roman Catholic. Because of their Catholicism‚ they have Lent. Lent is the forty days before Easter in which Dominicans celebrate Carnival. During the
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