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Janus identities and forked tongues : two Caribbean writers in the United States
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Janus identities and forked tongues : two Caribbean writers in the United States / Rosanna Rivero Marn̕.
ISBN
0820467367 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Published
New York : Peter Lang, 2004.
Physical Description
viii, 153 p. 23 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 09, 2004
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
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.
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