DOMINICAN GAGÁ FROM OUTSIDE AND WITHIN: DISCOURSES ABOUT GAGÁ, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZING IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

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dc.contributor.advisorRios, Fernandoen_US
dc.contributor.authorHernandez-Sang, Victoren_US
dc.contributor.departmentMusicen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-23T05:32:04Z
dc.date.available2024-09-23T05:32:04Z
dc.date.issued2024en_US
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation examines the discourses that surround Gagá, an African-derived ritual tradition that entails processional music and dance performances to honor deities of Vodou, which is primarily practiced by Haitians and Dominicans of Haitian origin in the Dominican Republic. This study explores the characterization of Gagá from the perspective of outsiders (the media and public figures) and the viewpoint of insiders (the partakers of the tradition). In the analysis, I identify correlates between the characterization of Gagá in the media over time and major political and economic developments in the Dominican Republic. Additionally, I explore the work that community members of Gagá conduct to combat racism and harmful stereotypes about their music and religion. Based on fieldwork, archival research, and compilation of online media, this work provides a nuanced view of the perspective of gagaseros (practitioners of Gagá) regarding their tradition, self-identification, and racial discrimination.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/oswx-cu8f
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/33262
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledMusicen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledLatin American studiesen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledDominican Republicen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledGagaen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledHaitien_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledMusicen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledRaceen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledVodouen_US
dc.titleDOMINICAN GAGÁ FROM OUTSIDE AND WITHIN: DISCOURSES ABOUT GAGÁ, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZING IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLICen_US
dc.typeDissertationen_US

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