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Dominican Blackness, Ghosting, and Bad Patriots

February 19, 2019

Dixa Ramírez, Brown University, will explore how fiction, film, architecture, and poetry negotiates the miscomprehension of the Dominican Republic from broader discourses.

Dixa Ramírez, Brown University, will explore how Dominican fiction, film, architecture, fiction, and poetry negotiates the miscomprehension, miscategorization, and misperception–or ghosting–of the Dominican Republic from broader Western discourses. Note: Monday, February 18, 2019, Althouse Hall, Room 106, 7 p.m. Film Showing: Cocote – This film, shot entirely in the Dominican Republic, is in connection with Dixa Ramírez’s program. This program is sponsored by the Clarke Forum for Contemporary Issues and co-sponsored by the departments of Spanish & Portuguese; Latin American, Latino & Caribbean studies; American studies; the Women’s & Gender Resource Center and the Popel Shaw Center for Race & Ethnicity. For more information call 717-245-1875 or visit the website

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  • Time: 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Calendar Icon
  • Cost: Free