A Wedding in Haiti
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A Wedding in Haiti is a memoir by Dominican-American author Julia Alvarez that recounts her decades-long friendship with a Haitian migrant worker and her journey to attend his wedding in Haiti, exploring themes of borders, family, and solidarity.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| A Wedding in Haiti canonical | 1 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
memoir
ⓘ
nonfiction book ⓘ |
| about |
Caribbean history
ⓘ
Haitian–Dominican relations ⓘ border crossings ⓘ immigration ⓘ rural life in Haiti ⓘ |
| author | Julia Alvarez ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| describesEvent | wedding in Haiti ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Haitian migrant worker ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiographical literature
ⓘ
memoir ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | Dominican-American ⓘ |
| hasSubjectEthnicContext |
Dominican
ⓘ
Haitian ⓘ |
| hasSubjectGeographicalContext | Caribbean ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary American literature ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Dominican Republic
ⓘ
Haiti ⓘ Haitian migrant workers ⓘ borders ⓘ cross-cultural relationships ⓘ family ⓘ friendship ⓘ migration ⓘ solidarity ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| setting |
Dominican Republic
ⓘ
Haiti ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| theme |
economic inequality
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humanitarian concern ⓘ loyalty ⓘ political borders ⓘ race and ethnicity ⓘ responsibility to others ⓘ social justice ⓘ transnational identity ⓘ |
| timeSpanDescribed | decades-long friendship ⓘ |
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Subject: A Wedding in Haiti Description of subject: A Wedding in Haiti is a memoir by Dominican-American author Julia Alvarez that recounts her decades-long friendship with a Haitian migrant worker and her journey to attend his wedding in Haiti, exploring themes of borders, family, and solidarity.
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