Milagros Ricourt
Biographic Data
| ID | 123412 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Milagros Ricourt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Milagros |
| FAMILY NAME | Ricourt |
| SIGNATURE | RICOURT M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lehman College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Dominican Racial Imaginary
"The Dominican Racial Imaginary subverts the way of knowledge of Dominican elites by telling the stories of 'the forced delivered child.' This child (a blend of Africans, Tainos, and Spanish) fled to the mountains escaping the abuses of the colonizer and became an adult in maroon communities. This book takes a look at history as a space of interrogation. When and how did Africa become part of the Dominican racial mix? In renewing the past, rather…
Transnational Hispaniola
New narratives about the island of Hispaniola are indispensable to understanding relations between the Dominican Republic and Haiti beyond assumed xenophobia and Dominican racial superiority. Transnational Hispaniola offers a new perspective long overdue in Hispaniola studies. In this collection of essays edited by April J. Mayes and Kiran C. Jayaram, the authors engage in a discussion that looks at Hispaniola in its entirety. Looking at the enti…
Hispanas de Queens
What happens when persons of several Latin American national groups reside in the same neighborhood— Milagros Ricourt and Ruby Danta consider the stories of women of different nationalities—Colombian, Cuban, Dominican, Ecuadorian, Peruvian, Puerto Rican, Uruguayan, and others—who live together in Corona, a working-class neighborhood in Queens. Corona has long been an arrival point for immigrants and is now made up predominantly of Spanish-speakin…
Anne Eller. We Dream Together
With We Dream Together: Dominican Independence, Haiti, and the Fight for Caribbean Freedom, Anne Eller has produced not only an invaluable contribution to the academic field of history, but also a forceful manifesto that debunks the dominant, imposed idea of race in the Dominican Republic. In the elite’s construction of the Dominican Republic, blackness was erased, and Dominicans were socialized on the basis of an assumed Euro-Christian epistemol…
Dangerous curves
Dominicans in New York City
Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Ethnic Identity of Dominicans in New York City Chapter 3. Dominicans at the Margins Chapter 4. Neighborhood Change and Ethnic Solidarity Chapter 5. The Role of Social Service Agencies Chapter 6. The Politics of Community Control Chapter 7. An Added Burden for Dominican Women Chapter 8. The Alternative Politics of Domincan Women Chapter 9. Dominicans in a Multiethnic Setting Chapter 10. Conclusion
Dominicans in New York City
Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Ethnic Identity of Dominicans in New York City Chapter 3. Dominicans at the Margins Chapter 4. Neighborhood Change and Ethnic Solidarity Chapter 5. The Role of Social Service Agencies Chapter 6. The Politics of Community Control Chapter 7. An Added Burden for Dominican Women Chapter 8. The Alternative Politics of Domincan Women Chapter 9. Dominicans in a Multiethnic Setting Chapter 10. Conclusion
Dangerous curves
Anne Eller. We Dream Together
With We Dream Together: Dominican Independence, Haiti, and the Fight for Caribbean Freedom, Anne Eller has produced not only an invaluable contribution to the academic field of history, but also a forceful manifesto that debunks the dominant, imposed idea of race in the Dominican Republic. In the elite’s construction of the Dominican Republic, blackness was erased, and Dominicans were socialized on the basis of an assumed Euro-Christian epistemol…
Hispanas de Queens
What happens when persons of several Latin American national groups reside in the same neighborhood— Milagros Ricourt and Ruby Danta consider the stories of women of different nationalities—Colombian, Cuban, Dominican, Ecuadorian, Peruvian, Puerto Rican, Uruguayan, and others—who live together in Corona, a working-class neighborhood in Queens. Corona has long been an arrival point for immigrants and is now made up predominantly of Spanish-speakin…
The Dominican Racial Imaginary
"The Dominican Racial Imaginary subverts the way of knowledge of Dominican elites by telling the stories of 'the forced delivered child.' This child (a blend of Africans, Tainos, and Spanish) fled to the mountains escaping the abuses of the colonizer and became an adult in maroon communities. This book takes a look at history as a space of interrogation. When and how did Africa become part of the Dominican racial mix? In renewing the past, rather…
Transnational Hispaniola
New narratives about the island of Hispaniola are indispensable to understanding relations between the Dominican Republic and Haiti beyond assumed xenophobia and Dominican racial superiority. Transnational Hispaniola offers a new perspective long overdue in Hispaniola studies. In this collection of essays edited by April J. Mayes and Kiran C. Jayaram, the authors engage in a discussion that looks at Hispaniola in its entirety. Looking at the enti…
Gender Studies (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Caribbean history, culture, and politics (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · History (2 works) · History (2 works) · Latin American and Latino Studies (2 works)