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Daniel Arrieta
Department Kyoto University of Foreign Studies Department of Hispanic Studies, Faculty of Foreign Studies Position Associate Professor |
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| Language | English |
| Publication Date | 2009/12 |
| Type | Academic Paper |
| Peer Review | Peer reviewed |
| Title | Language and race in Junot Diaz’s Literature |
| Contribution Type | Single author |
| Journal | 神奈川大学言語研究 |
| Journal Type | Japan |
| Volume, Issue, Page | 31,pp.109-121 |
| Total page number | 13 |
| Details | The recent trend of Dominican migration to the United States echoes previous patterns of Hispanic migration but with some characteristic aspects concerning race. Junot Diaz, Dominican-American author, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 2008 for his first long novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. His literature vividly depicts the life of this community, both in the U.S. and in the Dominican Republic, and his use of a musical and meaningful Spanglish is an implicit denouncement of the racism suffered but also paradoxically practiced by Dominicans. This paper will illuminate these aspects of race and identity in Junot Diaz’s literary work. |