... Through the concept of “rayano consciousness,” the chapter theorizes the Haitian-Dominican border within the framework of border studies. Encompassing the multiplicity of borders—transnational, interethnic and multilinguistic—that characterize the Dominican experience on and beyond the island...

...Diaspora Contra<italic>dicts</italic> Through the concept of “rayano consciousness,” the chapter theorizes the Haitian-Dominican border within the framework of border studies. Encompassing the multiplicity of borders—transnational, interethnic and multilinguistic—that characterize...

... The introduction provides an overview of the arguments and of the various theoretical terms the author creates (contra diction , rayano consciousness, dominicanidad) to guide the reader through the basic questions the book answers. The introduction also establishes that the contrapuntal analysis...

.... With Trujillo, this nineteenth-century rhetoric became law, serving as the basis for violence against black Dominicans, rayanos, and ethnic Haitians. Haitian UnificationCésar Nicolás Penson historical silences Hispanophile ideology Vírgenes de Galindo The chapter’s argument is grounded on close...

... Approaching the killing of more than twenty thousand ethnic Haitians and rayanos as remembered in four fictional accounts—the short story “Luis Pie,” published by Dominican exiled writer Juan Bosch (Havana, 1942); the Haitian novel Compère Général Soleil by Jacques Stephen Alexis (Port Au...

... Literature of Compassion rayano massacre Haitian solidarity trauma literature ...

... Haitian-Dominican border Antihaitianism US Imperialism Rayano Dominicanyork relational borders ...

... Haiti earthquake rayano consciousness Rita Indiana Hernández Haiti-Dominican Border Dominican performance ...

... rhetoric became law, serving as the basis for violence against black Dominicans, rayanos, and ethnic Haitians. Haitian UnificationCésar Nicolás Penson historical silences Hispanophile ideology Vírgenes de Galindo ...