How the García Girls Lost Their Accents
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How the García Girls Lost Their Accents is a novel by Julia Alvarez that follows four Dominican sisters adapting to life in the United States after fleeing the Trujillo dictatorship, exploring themes of identity, exile, and cultural assimilation.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| How the García Girls Lost Their Accents canonical | 6 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Julia Alvarez ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| featuresCharacter |
Carlos García
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Laura García ⓘ |
| follows | four sisters ⓘ |
| genre |
coming-of-age novel
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fiction ⓘ immigrant literature ⓘ postcolonial literature ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext | Latina literature ⓘ |
| hasEthnicContext | Dominican diaspora ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Trujillo dictatorship in the Dominican Republic ⓘ |
| literaryForm | linked short stories ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Dominican American experience
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assimilation ⓘ cultural identity ⓘ exile ⓘ family relationships ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure |
nonlinear
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told in reverse chronological order ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploration of bicultural identity
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reverse chronological storytelling ⓘ use of multiple perspectives ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | Chapel Hill, North Carolina ⓘ |
| protagonist |
Carla García
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Sandra García ⓘ Sofía García ⓘ Yolanda García ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1991 ⓘ |
| publisher | Algonquin Books ⓘ |
| setting |
1960s
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1970s ⓘ 1980s ⓘ Dominican Republic ⓘ New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| theme |
class and privilege
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displacement ⓘ gender roles ⓘ intergenerational conflict ⓘ language and identity ⓘ memory ⓘ |
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Subject: How the García Girls Lost Their Accents Description of subject: How the García Girls Lost Their Accents is a novel by Julia Alvarez that follows four Dominican sisters adapting to life in the United States after fleeing the Trujillo dictatorship, exploring themes of identity, exile, and cultural assimilation.
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