Not Even a Grain of Rice
Buying Food on Credit in the Dominican Republic, by Christine Hippert
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7934109 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Light Carruyo (0000-0003-2468-0605, Vassar College Department of Sociology U.S.A. Poughkeepsie NY, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 96 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 157-158 |
| Publication date | 2022-03-09 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | New West Indian Guide / Nieuwe West-Indische Gids (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1382-2373 • E-ISSN: 2213-4360 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/22134360-09601011 |
| OpenAlex | W4220787632 |
| Language | EN |
Christine Hippert, Not Even a Grain of Rice: Buying Food on Credit in the Dominican Republic. Lanham MD: Lexington Books, 2021. xx + 155 pp. (Cloth US$ 95.00)Not Even a Grain of Rice is framed by two important questions about life in Cabarete, a popular tourist destination in the Dominican Republic: How is daily food provision accomplished? And how are race and racism experienced? Christine Hippert’s highly readable ethnography shows that securing credit agreements that can be paid over time (fiar) in small, locally owned general stores (colmados) is
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| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |