Crafted by a Nation: The Making of Dominican Identity - Couverture souple

Green, Davey

Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9798258262806

Editeur : Independently published, 2026

Synopsis

What if Dominican identity was not something naturally inherited, but something carefully shaped over time?

In Crafted by a Nation: The Making of Dominican Identity, Davey Green examines how Dominican identity was built, taught, inherited, and defended across generations. Moving through nationhood, anti-Blackness, Haiti, family life, color language, beauty, migration, and digital culture, he argues that Dominican identity did not simply emerge on its own. It was narrated into coherence, repeated until it felt natural, and protected even when that protection came at a cost.

This is not a book about isolated prejudice or simple misunderstanding. It is a book about structure. About how a people come to understand themselves through story, hierarchy, memory, distance, and repetition. About how Blackness became a pressure point. About how Haiti became a burdened contrast. About how the family, the body, and the room carry the nation long after the lesson leaves the classroom.

At once cultural criticism, historical reflection, and structural diagnosis, Crafted by a Nation asks a deeper question than most identity debates allow: not only who Dominicans are, but how Dominican identity was made in the first place.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Independently published
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798258262806
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 158
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