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.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
About This Volume.
“The Origin of All Poems,” Pan-America, and Poetic Imperialism in How the García Girls Lost Their Accents.
Biography of Julia Alvarez.
1: Critical Contexts.
2: The Cold War Within: Laura as a Double Agent in How the García Girls Lost Their Accents.
3: Julia Alvarez’s How the García Girls Lost Their Accents: A Survey of Early Reviews.
4: Mujercitas: How the García Girls Lost Their Accents, Little Women and Intertextuality.
5: Yoyo and Pila: The Disabled Body and the Violent Gaze.
6: Critical Readings.
7: The Specter of Haiti and Race in How the García Girls Lost Their Accents.
8: “No Trespassing”: Language, Madness, and Patriarchy in How the García Girls Lost Their Accents.
9: Returning to the Past: Recuperative Memory and Reverse Chronology in How the García Girls Lost Their Accents.
10: Losing and Finding Dominicanidad: Julia Alvarez and Junot Díaz in the Latinx Canon.
11: Bulls, Monkeys, and Birds: Animal Imagery in Julia Alvarez’ How the García Girls Lost Their Accents.
