Rachel Afi Quinn
Biographic Data
| ID | 3601897 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rachel Afi Quinn |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rachel Afi |
| FAMILY NAME | Quinn |
| SIGNATURE | QUINN R A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Schlumberger (Ireland) |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7093-2271 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
La Reina de la Fusión
Afro-Dominican singer-songwriter Xiomara Fortuna has enjoyed a career that spanned more than four decades and shaped the work of a new generation of Dominican musicians. In March 2017 she was bestowed a presidential award of honor and she accepted it barefoot, making a clear statement about her values and where she sees herself fitting in Dominican society. Drawn from three separate interviews conducted with Fortuna in Santo Domingo in July 2016,…
Being la Dominicana
Spinning the Zoetrope
Over the last decade, Dominican American Hollywood actress Zoe Saldaña has graced countless magazine covers and starred in numerous blockbuster films viewed worldwide. Her mixed-race body and her ability to visually represent both black and Latina identity have had broad appeal in the global marketplace. This transnational feminist cultural studies analysis of Saldaña as text argues that narratives of her racial identity as Dominican and her resu…
Dominican Pride and Shame
Openly gay, white, wealthy business leader James “Wally” Brewster was appointed in 2013 by the Barack Obama administration to serve as a US ambassador to the Dominican Republic in order to advocate for the rights of LGBT Dominicans. Brewster’s presence remained controversial for the duration of his service, as he and his husband promoted an “out and proud” homonormativity that contradicts the more conventional “open secret” of LGBT lives in the C…
No tienes que entenderlo”
Afro-Dominican singer-songwriter Xiomara Fortuna has long participated in those cultural movements in the Dominican Republic that have challenged mainstream narratives of Dominican identity. Fortun
No tienes que entenderlo”
Afro-Dominican singer-songwriter Xiomara Fortuna has long participated in those cultural movements in the Dominican Republic that have challenged mainstream narratives of Dominican identity. Fortun
No tienes que entenderlo”
Afro-Dominican singer-songwriter Xiomara Fortuna has long participated in those cultural movements in the Dominican Republic that have challenged mainstream narratives of Dominican identity. Fortun
Dominican Pride and Shame
Openly gay, white, wealthy business leader James “Wally” Brewster was appointed in 2013 by the Barack Obama administration to serve as a US ambassador to the Dominican Republic in order to advocate for the rights of LGBT Dominicans. Brewster’s presence remained controversial for the duration of his service, as he and his husband promoted an “out and proud” homonormativity that contradicts the more conventional “open secret” of LGBT lives in the C…
Spinning the Zoetrope
Over the last decade, Dominican American Hollywood actress Zoe Saldaña has graced countless magazine covers and starred in numerous blockbuster films viewed worldwide. Her mixed-race body and her ability to visually represent both black and Latina identity have had broad appeal in the global marketplace. This transnational feminist cultural studies analysis of Saldaña as text argues that narratives of her racial identity as Dominican and her resu…
Being la Dominicana
La Reina de la Fusión
Afro-Dominican singer-songwriter Xiomara Fortuna has enjoyed a career that spanned more than four decades and shaped the work of a new generation of Dominican musicians. In March 2017 she was bestowed a presidential award of honor and she accepted it barefoot, making a clear statement about her values and where she sees herself fitting in Dominican society. Drawn from three separate interviews conducted with Fortuna in Santo Domingo in July 2016,…
Gender Studies (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Caribbean history, culture, and politics (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Literature (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Narrative (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Cuban History and Society (2 works)