[URBANTH-L]NEW BOOK: The Devil behind the Mirror
L Guevarra
l_guevarra at ucpress.edu
Tue Oct 10 12:51:02 EDT 2006
Dear Urbanth-L:
The University of California Press is pleased to announce the publication of:
The Devil behind the Mirror: Globalization and
Politics in the Dominican Republic
<B>Steven Gregory, </B>Associate Professor of
Anthropology and African American Studies at
Columbia University, is author of _Santería in
New York City: A Study in Cultural Resistance
_and _Black Corona: Race and the Politics of
Place in an Urban Community. _He coedited _Race
_with Roger Sanjek.
http://go.ucpress.edu/GregoryDevil
"In his stunningly vivid picture of communities
grappling with the demons of economic
globalization, Gregory shows how peoples'
livelihoods are devalued and torn asunder when
they are exposed to the rough justice of the
market. An absorbing case study and an
ethnographic tour de force."-Andrew Ross, author
of _Fast Boat to China: Corporate Flight and the
Consequences of Free Trade _
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 and beautifully written, _The Devil
behind the Mirror _masterfully situates the
analysis of global economic change in everyday
lives.
Full information about the bookis available
online: http://go.ucpress.edu/GregoryDevil
--
Lolita Guevarra
Electronic Marketing Coordinator
University of California Press
Tel. 510.643.4738 | Fax 510.643.7127
lolita.guevarra at ucpress.edu
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