Regular Revolutions: Feminist Travels in Julia Alvarez's <em>How the García Girls Lost Their Accents</em> and <em>In the Time of the Butterflies</em>

Regular Revolutions: Feminist Travels in Julia Alvarez's <em>How the García Girls Lost Their Accents</em> and <em>In the Time of the Butterflies</em>

<p>This essay examines two novels by Dominican American author Julia Alvarez, How the García Girls Lost Their Accents and In the Time of the Butterflies. By undertaking a transnational feminist reading practice, the author explicates the novels’ critique of the political constructions of the L...

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Main Author: Crystal Parikh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2011-03-01
Series:Journal of Transnational American Studies
Subjects:
julia alvarez
latina fiction
transnational feminism
u.s. imperialism
dominican republic
american literature
american history (united states)
women's studies
ethnic, cultural minority, gender, and group studies
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