Pratiques religieuses et conflits identitaires en République dominicaine
Studies on the African presence in Latin America have shown that the concept of race and its discriminatory effects are historically linked to what is called the « negation of the other ». In the Dominican Republic, the descendants of slavery are no strangers to this socio-historical process, exacer...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Université des Antilles
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| Series: | Études Caribéennes |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/etudescaribeennes/18067 |
| Summary: | Studies on the African presence in Latin America have shown that the concept of race and its discriminatory effects are historically linked to what is called the « negation of the other ». In the Dominican Republic, the descendants of slavery are no strangers to this socio-historical process, exacerbated by political rivalry with Haiti, a country with a black majority, whose nationals are considered a threat to national security and the Dominican culture who wants to be white-European. This conception of Dominican identity is also reflected in the religious field where the Haitian is a brujo who practices « black magic », and the Dominican, a Santero who makes « white magic ». The purpose of this article is to analyze the social and imaginary racial representations that have been built around religious practices in the Dominican Republic from the links between these terminologies and the identity affirmation born of the historical conflict between Dominicans and Haitians. |
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| ISSN: | 1779-0980 1961-859X |