Dominican-Americans and the Politics of Empowerment [electronic resource] /
Aparicio, Ana,1972-
Gainesville : University Press of Florida,
c2006.
Aparicio examines the ways first- and second-generation Dominican-Americans in the dynamic northern Manhattan neighborhood of Washington Heights have shaped a new Dominican presence in local New York City politics. Through community organizing, they have formed coalitions with people of different national and ethnic backgrounds and other people of color, tackled local concerns, and created new routes for empowerment.
1. Scholarly demarcations : new typologies -- 2. El Alto Manhattan : the setting and research context -- 3. Politics and the Dominican exodus -- 4. Setting down roots, expanding routes -- 5. The leadership -- 6. Race, identities, and the second generation -- 7. Expanding the movement -- Conclusion : Renewing political cartographies.
Aparicio examines the ways first- and second-generation Dominican-Americans in the dynamic northern Manhattan neighborhood of Washington Heights have shaped a new Dominican presence in local New York City politics. Through community organizing, they have formed coalitions with people of different national and ethnic backgrounds and other people of color, tackled local concerns, and created new routes for empowerment.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-197) and index.
Description based on print version record.
Immigrants
Dominican Americans