ALAÍ REYES-SANTOS is an assistant professor of ethnic studies at the University of Oregon. She is the former codirector of the journal Revista Estudios Sociales, published by Centro BonÓ in the Dominican Republic.

• ContentsPreface Introduction: Our Caribbean Kin 1   The Emancipated Sons: Nineteenth-Century Transcolonial Kinship2   Narratives in the Antilles3   Wife, Food, and a Bed of His Own: Marriage, Family, and Nationalist Kinship in the 1930s4   Like Family: (Un)recognized Siblings and the Haitian-Dominican Family5   Family Secrets: Brotherhood, Passing, and the Dominican–Puerto Rican Family Coda: On Kinship and SolidarityNotesBibliographyIndex

"With breadth, depth, originality, and intellectual acumen, Reyes-Santos builds on her conceptualization of transcolonial and transnational kinship through a number of social and cultural examples to arrive at a more diversified approach in literary and cultural studies."- Myrna García-Calderón (Syracuse University) "With breadth, depth, originality, and intellectual acumen, Reyes-Santos builds on her conceptualization of transcolonial and transnational kinship through a number of social and cultural examples to arrive at a more diversified approach in literary and cultural studies."- Myrna García-Calderón (Syracuse University) "AlaÍ Reyes-Santos's elegant work unites vernacular and elite voices to discuss nationalist thought in the Spanish-speaking Caribbean. Her insights help us claim our intellectual traditions in contemporary struggles for justice." - April J. Mayes (author of The Mulatto Republic: Class, Race, and Dominican National Identity) "AlaÍ Reyes-Santos's elegant work unites vernacular and elite voices to discuss nationalist thought in the Spanish-speaking Caribbean. Her insights help us claim our intellectual traditions in contemporary struggles for justice." - April J. Mayes (author of The Mulatto Republic: Class, Race, and Dominican National Identity) Featured on the weekly book list (http://bit.ly/1K5Phrs) (Chronicle of Higher Education) Featured on the weekly book list (http://bit.ly/1K5Phrs) (Chronicle of Higher Education) Featured on the weekly book list (http://bit.ly/1K5Phrs) (Chronicle of Higher Education)

ALAÍ REYES-SANTOS is an assistant professor of ethnic studies at the University of Oregon. She is the former codirector of the journal Revista Estudios Sociales, published by Centro BonÓ in the Dominican Republic.

• ContentsPreface Introduction: Our Caribbean Kin 1   The Emancipated Sons: Nineteenth-Century Transcolonial Kinship2   Narratives in the Antilles3   Wife, Food, and a Bed of His Own: Marriage, Family, and Nationalist Kinship in the 1930s4   Like Family: (Un)recognized Siblings and the Haitian-Dominican Family5   Family Secrets: Brotherhood, Passing, and the Dominican–Puerto Rican Family Coda: On Kinship and SolidarityNotesBibliographyIndex

"With breadth, depth, originality, and intellectual acumen, Reyes-Santos builds on her conceptualization of transcolonial and transnational kinship through a number of social and cultural examples to arrive at a more diversified approach in literary and cultural studies."- Myrna García-Calderón (Syracuse University) "With breadth, depth, originality, and intellectual acumen, Reyes-Santos builds on her conceptualization of transcolonial and transnational kinship through a number of social and cultural examples to arrive at a more diversified approach in literary and cultural studies."- Myrna García-Calderón (Syracuse University) "AlaÍ Reyes-Santos's elegant work unites vernacular and elite voices to discuss nationalist thought in the Spanish-speaking Caribbean. Her insights help us claim our intellectual traditions in contemporary struggles for justice." - April J. Mayes (author of The Mulatto Republic: Class, Race, and Dominican National Identity) "AlaÍ Reyes-Santos's elegant work unites vernacular and elite voices to discuss nationalist thought in the Spanish-speaking Caribbean. Her insights help us claim our intellectual traditions in contemporary struggles for justice." - April J. Mayes (author of The Mulatto Republic: Class, Race, and Dominican National Identity) Featured on the weekly book list (http://bit.ly/1K5Phrs) (Chronicle of Higher Education) Featured on the weekly book list (http://bit.ly/1K5Phrs) (Chronicle of Higher Education) Featured on the weekly book list (http://bit.ly/1K5Phrs) (Chronicle of Higher Education)

ALAÍ REYES-SANTOS is an assistant professor of ethnic studies at the University of Oregon. She is the former codirector of the journal Revista Estudios Sociales, published by Centro BonÓ in the Dominican Republic.

• ContentsPreface Introduction: Our Caribbean Kin 1   The Emancipated Sons: Nineteenth-Century Transcolonial Kinship2   Narratives in the Antilles3   Wife, Food, and a Bed of His Own: Marriage, Family, and Nationalist Kinship in the 1930s4   Like Family: (Un)recognized Siblings and the Haitian-Dominican Family5   Family Secrets: Brotherhood, Passing, and the Dominican–Puerto Rican Family Coda: On Kinship and SolidarityNotesBibliographyIndex

"With breadth, depth, originality, and intellectual acumen, Reyes-Santos builds on her conceptualization of transcolonial and transnational kinship through a number of social and cultural examples to arrive at a more diversified approach in literary and cultural studies."- Myrna García-Calderón (Syracuse University) "With breadth, depth, originality, and intellectual acumen, Reyes-Santos builds on her conceptualization of transcolonial and transnational kinship through a number of social and cultural examples to arrive at a more diversified approach in literary and cultural studies."- Myrna García-Calderón (Syracuse University) "AlaÍ Reyes-Santos's elegant work unites vernacular and elite voices to discuss nationalist thought in the Spanish-speaking Caribbean. Her insights help us claim our intellectual traditions in contemporary struggles for justice." - April J. Mayes (author of The Mulatto Republic: Class, Race, and Dominican National Identity) "AlaÍ Reyes-Santos's elegant work unites vernacular and elite voices to discuss nationalist thought in the Spanish-speaking Caribbean. Her insights help us claim our intellectual traditions in contemporary struggles for justice." - April J. Mayes (author of The Mulatto Republic: Class, Race, and Dominican National Identity) Featured on the weekly book list (http://bit.ly/1K5Phrs) (Chronicle of Higher Education) Featured on the weekly book list (http://bit.ly/1K5Phrs) (Chronicle of Higher Education) Featured on the weekly book list (http://bit.ly/1K5Phrs) (Chronicle of Higher Education)