Eric Roorda
Biographic Data
| ID | 703293 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Eric Roorda |
| GIVEN NAMES | Eric |
| FAMILY NAME | Roorda |
| SIGNATURE | ROORDA E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bellarmine University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Masculinity after Trujillo: The Politics of Gender in Dominican Literature
Masculinity after Trujillo begins with a reference to the 2012 presidential election in the Dominican Republic, when Hipólito Mejía, the former president, adopted the slogan “Llegó Papá,” translated as “Daddy's here.” Mejía's campaign littered the landscape with posters bearing that phrase, which Maja Horn uses to introduce her argument that notions of hypermasculinity left over from the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo (1930–1961) are now seen as…
Yankee No! Anti-Americanism in U.S.–Latin American Relations
The horrors of September 11, 2001, thrust the subject of “anti-Americanism” into bold relief across the news media, the Internet, and the minds of people all over the world. Since then, the U.S. invasion of Iraq and the abuse of prisoners in Baghdad have fanned the flames of anti-Americanism to their highest level in history. Therefore, the urgency of Alan McPherson’s excellent book increases daily during these tumultuous and sanguinary times. Th…
The Dictator Next Door: The Good Neighbor Policy and the Trujillo Regime in the Dominican Republic, 1930-1945
question of how U.S. foreign policy should manage relations with autocratic governments, particularly in the Caribbean and Latin America, has always been difficult and complex. In The Dictator Next Door Eric Paul Roorda focuses on the relations between the U.S. and the Dominican Republic following Rafael Trujillo's seizure of power in 1930. Examining the transition from the non-interventionist policies of the Hoover administration to Roosevelt's …
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The Dictator Next Door: The Good Neighbor Policy and the Trujillo Regime in the Dominican Republic, 1930-1945
question of how U.S. foreign policy should manage relations with autocratic governments, particularly in the Caribbean and Latin America, has always been difficult and complex. In The Dictator Next Door Eric Paul Roorda focuses on the relations between the U.S. and the Dominican Republic following Rafael Trujillo's seizure of power in 1930. Examining the transition from the non-interventionist policies of the Hoover administration to Roosevelt's …
Yankee No! Anti-Americanism in U.S.–Latin American Relations
The horrors of September 11, 2001, thrust the subject of “anti-Americanism” into bold relief across the news media, the Internet, and the minds of people all over the world. Since then, the U.S. invasion of Iraq and the abuse of prisoners in Baghdad have fanned the flames of anti-Americanism to their highest level in history. Therefore, the urgency of Alan McPherson’s excellent book increases daily during these tumultuous and sanguinary times. Th…
Masculinity after Trujillo: The Politics of Gender in Dominican Literature
Masculinity after Trujillo begins with a reference to the 2012 presidential election in the Dominican Republic, when Hipólito Mejía, the former president, adopted the slogan “Llegó Papá,” translated as “Daddy's here.” Mejía's campaign littered the landscape with posters bearing that phrase, which Maja Horn uses to introduce her argument that notions of hypermasculinity left over from the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo (1930–1961) are now seen as…
Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Cuban History and Society (2 works) · History (2 works) · Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · 1891-1961 (1 works) · 1930-1961 (1 works) · Anti-Americanism (1 works) · Art (1 works)