This work speaks about agency, acceptance, and the collective experiences of Afro-Dominican women: the gaze and the rejection of blackness.

Pajón: (noun) a word commonly used to refer to afro-textured hair in a derogatory way. Similar: “nappy” or “kinky” hair.

© Song by Julio Angel, El salón “El pajón”, 1982 / Virtual Label LLC/ iASO Records

Este trabajo habla de la agencia individual, aceptación, y la experiencia colectiva de las mujeres Afro-Dominicanas:  "la mirada patriarcal" y el rechazo a la negritud.

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