How the García girls lost their accents / editor, Kimberly Drake.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Drake, Kimberly, 1965- editor.

Series:

Critical insights.

Critical insights

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Alvarez, Julia. How the García girls lost their accents.

Alvarez, Julia.

Alvarez, Julia--Criticism and interpretation.

How the García girls lost their accents (Alvarez, Julia).

Latin Americans in literature.

Maturation (Psychology) in literature.

Genre:

Literary criticism.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxvi, 194 pages).

Other Title:

Critical Insights

Place of Publication:

Ipswich, Massachusetts : Salem Press/Grey House Publishing, [2021]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

"Julia Alvarez's 1991 novel How the García Girls Lost Their Accents is an important contribution to recent Latinx and multicultural literature. Exhibiting an intriguing structure and dealing with themes such as initiation and maturation that are relevant to people everywhere and in all eras, the novel is also significant for its treatment of women, immigrants, and recent socioeconomic, political, and cultural issues. This volume explores the different dimensions of Alvarez's novel, setting it in various relevant contexts while also giving due attention to its impressive artistic achievements." -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

About this volume / Kimberly Drake

"The origin of all poems," Pan-America, and poetic imperialism in How the García girls lost their accents / Kimberly Drake

Biography of Julia Alvarez / Kimberly Drake

The cold war within : Laura as a double agent in How the García girls lost their accents / Evelyn Boria-Rivera

Julia Alvarez's How the García girls lost their accents : a survey of early reviews / Robert C. Evans

Mujercitas : How the García girls lost their accents, Little women, and intertextuality / Jessica Wells Cantiello

Yoyo and Pila : the disabled body and the violent gaze / Kimberly Drake

The specter of Haiti and race in How the García girls lost their accents / Norrell Edwards

"No trespassing" : language, madness, and patriarchy in How the García girls lost their accents / Nereida Segura-Rico

Returning to the past : recuperative memory and reverse chronology in How the García girls lost their accents / Daniel Archer

Losing and finding dominicanidad : Julia Alvarez and Junot Díaz in the Latinx canon / Ruth McHugh-Dillon

Bulls, monkeys, and birds : animal imagery in Julia Alvarez' How the García girls lost their accents / Rosann Simeroth

Julia Alvarez : a survey of interviews / Robert C. Evans.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781642657456

164265745X

OCLC:

1250353988