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Author:
Rivero Mar©Ưn, Rosanna.
Title:
Janus identities and forked tongues : two Caribbean writers in the United States / Rosanna Rivero Mar©Ưn.
Publisher:
Peter Lang,
Copyright Date:
c2004
Description:
viii, 153 p. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Fern©Łndez, Roberto G.--Raining backwards.
Laviera, Tato.--Enclave.
Identity (Psychology) in literature
Cuban Americans in literature.
Puerto Ricans in literature
Immigrants in literature
Caribbean Area--In literature.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-146) and index.
Contents:
Introduction. Resistance. Chapter 1. To be (in Spanish) or not to be -- "Juntos pero no revueltos" : Spain. Language games : Aljamiado-Morisco literature -- Bilingualism and community : in and out. Chapter 2. Foci of resistance : Cuba and Florida -- Encoding strategies in Raining backwards -- Double connotation -- Botched translations -- Calques -- Alka Seltzer and kitty litter -- Transgressions -- Sea people/land people : myth creation -- Dichos dichosos : appropriation -- Aftermath : en la ocho y la doce. Chapter 3. The country of five floors : what a difference a century makes -- Being Puerto Rican -- Tongues, tongues, and yet, no tongue -- Writers in the fifth floor -- Tato's enclave : his sky people -- The enclave in Enclave : "feelings of one" -- "Oro in gold" -- La clave en Enclave : "prendas" -- Identity and hope -- Conclusion.
Series:
Caribbean studies, 1098-4186 ; v. 12
ISBN:
9780820467368
0820467367 (hardcover : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)53021635
LCCN:
2003018752
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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