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Less Formal And Medical Therapies For Dominican Women

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Treatments are less formal and medical and more about well-being. Referred to as “complementary therapies”: treatments used alongside traditional medical therapies Increasingly popular due to dissatisfaction with orthodox medicine and a desire to actively participate in one’s health. A response to women’s increased responsibility at work and the fear of her inability to cope with job’s demands and part of a shift toward viewing the individual as responsible for their own health and well-being. Led to an increase in salon visits and a division within the beauty industry between those who want to emphasize the holistic nature of salons and their services and those who view them solely as relying on pampering and grooming treatments. Goal …show more content…

Through extensive and intensive interactions between and among the owners, staff, and clients, the normative ethno-racial Indo-Hispanicity of Dominicanidad is ideologically coded, and Dominican women are culturally conscripted into the relations of ruling. Thus, shops such as Salon Lamadas tend to reproduce the socio- racial dynamics of Dominican identity.” (222) Pelo Bueno: Soft and silky, straight, wavy, or loosely curled. Associated with being white. Pelo Malo: Tightly curled, coarse, and kinky hair that breaks easily. Associated with being black. Indo-Hispanic appearance: The desired look of Dominican women. “Not black,” not too white (too light skin, pelo muerto, pelo lambio), but whiter. Popularly understood as “straight haired, tan skinned, "fine" featured.” (182) Fina: a socia-racial descriptor that encompasses both physical features and deportment. To be fina is to be light-skinned or white with thin nose and lips, to be tall, and to be tasteful. (198) Media Ordinaria: “Somewhat ordinary” or “somewhat black.” Usually includes broad nose, full lips, and a broad mouth, and curly

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