cuny dsi publications

The CUNY Dominican Studies Institute has published a number of notable texts in the field of Dominican Studies, among them books, research monographs, and working papers.

The Dominican Studies Research Monograph Series is available in print via subscription, individual copies, and bulk orders. Prices vary for print copies depending on the piece and the number of copies ordered. Many of the studies are also available for download in PDF format on our website, free of charge.

If you would like to purchase print copies of CUNY DSI publications, please send a check or money order, payable to the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Library, to the address listed below. Please remember to include the author, title, and year of publication for the piece(s) you wish to purchase. (The list below indicates if print copies are still available.)

Sarah Aponte
Chief Librarian
CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Library
The City College of New York
160 Convent Avenue at 138th Street
New York, NY 10031  

RESEARCH MONOGRAPHS

Torres-Saillant, Silvio
Introduction to Dominican Blackness
2012. 64pp.  

This study is a reflection on the complexity of racial thinking and racial discourse in Dominican society.

Hernandez, Ramona and Pedro Ortega
Estudio comparativo sobre la vida cotidiana de la población de descendencia dominicana residente en los condados del Bronx y Manhattan en la ciudad de New York
2010. (Page count will be finalized when formatted. This piece is not available as a bound volume.)
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This study provides the first analysis of the findings from a survey of 636 persons of Dominican descent residing in Manhattan and the Bronx. The survey was conducted in collaboration with the Survey Research Unit of Baruch College.  In the survey, heads of households were interviewed about everyday life issues.  The study was released on December 1 at Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

 

Hernandez, Ramona and Lincoln Restler, Greysi Peralta
Understanding Financial Behavior among Dominicans in New York City," Dominican Studies Research Monograph Series. CUNY Dominican Studies Institute
2010. 59pp. (This piece is not available as a bound volume.)
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The aim of the study was to enhance understanding of the fiscal habits and financial literacy of Dominicans in the New York City area and to produce data that can be used to compare the experiences of Dominicans with other Latino communities in the United States. In addition, this study seeks to inform policy makers and community leaders in designing approaches that will effectively address financial asset building and management within the Dominican community. The study relied on a survey conducted with 613 persons of Dominican descent.

 

Madera, Melissa
'Never Forget Syphilis': Public Health, Modernity and Gender in the Discourse of Previsión Social during the Trujillato
2008. 24pp. $5 (The charge is for print, bound copies.)
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This is an introduction to the study of public health during the dictatorship of Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina (1930-1961). The essay shows how the dictatorship sought to advance the regime's agenda of patriarchal modernity making women responsible for the health of the nation. The essay extensively cites issues of the periodical publication Previsión Social.

 

Soy, Rosie M. and Stefan Bosworth
Dominican Women across Three Generations: Educational Dreams, Goals and Hopes
2008. 50pp. $8
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This study explores the struggle of Dominican women to access formal education and the impact of such access in their lives and on their own perceptions of their experiences. The essay captures the voices of female members of three generations of Dominican immigrant families in New York City.

 

Alvarez-López, Luis, Jean Weisman, Sherrie Baver, Ramona Hernández, & Nancy López
Dominican Studies: Resources and Research Questions
1997. 78pp. $8

This collection of bibliographies, research reports, listings of resources, and discussions of research question, gathers the results of various projects sponsored by the Dominican Studies Institute.

 

Aponte, Sarah
Dominican Migration to the United States, 1970 - 1997: An Annotated Bibliography
1999. 178pp. $15

This is an annotated listing of books, scholarly articles, and chapters on Dominican migration providing an important reference guide for the study of Dominican migration from the 1970s to 1997 (with a 1998 addendum).

 

Duany, Jorge
Quisqueya on the Hudson: The Transnational Identity of Dominicans in Washington Heights
1994. 54pp. (Print copies are not available (sold out). A reader's copy of the 1994 edition is available in our Library. See below for second edition.)

This field research study of ethnic identity, popular culture, and everyday life of the Dominican community of Washington Heights examines the social adaptation of Dominican immigrants to the host country.

 

Duany, Jorge
Quisqueya on the Hudson: The Transnational Identity of Dominicans in Washington Heights
2008. 70pp. (Second edition with an updated and expanded introduction).
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This field research study of ethnic identity, popular culture, and everyday life of the Dominican community of Washington Heights examines the social adaptation of Dominican immigrants to the host country.

 

Hernández, Ramona and Francisco Rivera-Batiz
Dominicans in the United States: A Socioeconomic Profile, 2000
2003. 73pp. $8

This study provides a statistical account of the situation of Dominicans living in the United States using the 1990 U.S. Census data.

 

Hernández, Ramona and Anthony Stevens-Acevedo
Against All Odds: Dominican Students in Higher Education in New York
2004. 56pp.  [PDF]

A joint publication with the Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo, this study details the status of the Dominican student population in New York City drawing mostly on data from the 2000 U.S. Census and from the Office of Institutional Research of the City University of New York. CUNY is the largest public, urban university in the United States.

 

Hernández, Ramona, Francisco Rivera-Batiz, and Roberto Agodini
Dominican New Yorkers: A Socioeconomic Profile 1990
1995. 56pp. (This publication is SOLD OUT. A reader's copy is available in our Library.)

Published in collaboration with the Institute for Urban and Minority Education (IUME) at Teachers College, Columbia University, this is the first academic effort to provide a statistical account, using the 1980 and 1990 U.S. Census data, of the current situation of Dominicans living in New York.

 

Hernández, Ramona and Francisco Rivera-Batiz
Dominican New Yorkers: A Socioeconomic Profile, 1997
1997. 72pp. (This publication is SOLD OUT. A reader's copy is available in our Library.)

This study details the socioeconomic status of the Dominican population in New York City during the 1990s, drawing mostly on 1996 data provided by the U.S. Current Population Survey.

 

James, Norberto, ed.
Directory of Dominicanists
1997. 1998. 78pp. $8

This is a listing of names, addresses, areas of specialization and short bibliographies of scholars who have published books, articles or chapters on the Dominican experience at home or abroad.

BOOKS

Cocco De Filippis, Daisy, ed.
Documents of Dissidence: Selected Writings by Dominican Women
2000. 251pp. $20

This English-language compilation of essays, manifestos, and pronouncements by Dominican women provides an unprecedented source for the study of Dominican feminism.

Moya Pons, Frank
The Dominican Republic: A National History
1995. 544pp. $21.95 (First Printing 1995 by Hispaniola Books, New Rochelle, NY is sold out--a reader's copy is available in our Library.) The book is currently available from Marcus Wiener Publishers, 2006.)

This first major history of the Dominican Republic available in English in the United States in over 60 years is a chronicle of events in Dominican territory from pre-colonial times through the 1990s.

 

WORKING PAPERS SERIES

Torres-Saillant, Silvio
Diasporic Disquisitions: Dominicanists, Transnationalism, and the Community
2000. 41pp. $5

paper analyzes the Dominican diaspora discussing the two main lineage of analyses: those that privilege stress community formation and those based on transnational interaction.

Cocco de Filippis, Daisy, ed.
La literatura dominicana al final del siglo: Diálogo entre la tierra natal y la diáspora
1999. 94pp. $5

These are the proceedings from a major Dominican literature conference reflecting on the state of Dominican letters in the native land and in the diaspora, and on the prospects of Dominican writers for the new millennium.

Dávila-Mendoza, Dora
Un concierto de voces: Mujer, familia y sociedad en Santo Domingo colonial
1999. 62pp. $5

This is a study of the social actions of women in 18th Century Santo Domingo.

Villamán-Matos, Maitreyi
Keepers of the Mystery
1999. 36pp. $5

This is a preliminary study of Fiestas de Cruz (Feast of the Holy Cross) in the Dominican Republic.