QUANDO OS IMIGRANTES FALAM: VOZES DIASPÓRICAS EM HOW THE GARCÍA GIRLS LOST THEIR ACCENTS, DE JULIA ALVAREZ

This article aims at discussing the fictional representation of Caribbean immigrants in the novel How The García Girls Lost Their Accents, by Julia Alvarez. This discussion will be especially based on the impact of immigration on Alvarez’s diasporic subjects and the development of their hyphenated identity in the U.S. For this, the paper will also consider the language issue for the construction of the immigrant identity insofar as bilingualism is a key factor in the negotiation the García girls must effect between their Caribbean and their American halves in order to understand where they stand.