Neighbor-Homes - Julia Alvarez and Edwidge Danticat Write Hispaniola and the Diaspora

Neighbor-Homes: Julia Alvarez and Edwidge Danticat Write Hispaniola and the Diaspora analyzes the work of two of the most acclaimed contemporary American and Caribbean authors for the first time in a single book.

List of contents

Introduction; 1: Elsewhere & Anywhere: Getting Lost at Home; 2: Homes, Wombs, Tombs, and Historical Fiction; 3: Neighborly Networks: Personal and Professional Systems of Support; Conclusion: How to (Never) Write the Final Story; : Home(s) and Literary Lineages: Julia Alvarez and Edwidge Danticat in Conversation; Index

About the author

Megan Jeanette Myers is Associate Professor of Spanish and Chair of the Department of World Languages and Cultures at Iowa State University, USA. Myers is the author of Mapping Hispaniola: Third Space in Dominican and Haitian Literature (2019) and the co-editor of The Border of Lights Reader: Bearing Witness to Genocide in the Dominican Republic (2021).

Product details

• Authors: Megan Jeanette Myers
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 15.09.2025
• EAN: 9781032879765
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3287976-5
• No. of pages: 194
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Latin America, Cultural Studies, HISTORY / Caribbean & West Indies / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American, LITERARY CRITICISM / Comparative Literature, LITERARY CRITICISM / Caribbean & Latin American, Caribbean islands, Politics & government, Politics and government, Literary theory, History of the Americas