Black behind the ears: Dominican racial identity from museums to beauty shops

Introduction : "We declare that we are Indians" : Dominican identity displays and discourses in travel writing, museums, beauty shops, and bodies

"It is said that Haiti is getting blacker and blacker" : traveling narratives of Dominican identity

"The Africans have no [public] history" : the Museo del Hombre Dominicano and indigenous displays of Dominican identity

"I could go the African American route" : Dominicans in the black mosaic of Washington, D.C.

"They are taken into account for their opinions" : making community and displaying identity at a Dominican beauty shop in New York City

"Black women are confusing, but the hair lets you know" : perceiving the boundaries of Dominicanidad

Conclusion : "Black behind the ears, and up front, too" : ideological code switching and ambiguity in Dominican identities.