Subversive English in "Raining Backwards": A Different Kind of Spanglish

Autor/in	Alvarez, Stephanie
Titel	Subversive English in "Raining Backwards": A Different Kind of Spanglish
Quelle	In: Hispania, 96 (2013) 3, S.444-459 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-2133
DOI	10.1353/hpn.2013.0067
Schlagwörter	Novels; Authors; Spanish; Language Usage; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Cubans; Language Variation; Translation; Morphology (Languages); Syntax; Figurative Language; Hispanic American Literature; Florida + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Novel; Roman; Author; Autor; Autorin; Spanisch; Sprachgebrauch; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Kubaner; Sprachenvielfalt; Morphology; Morphologie
Abstract	This essay explores the relationship(s) between English and Spanish in the novel "Raining Backwards" (1988) by Cuban American Roberto G. Fernandez. While the many linked plots and characters suggest many protagonists, this study demonstrates how language itself takes on the role of protagonist. Through the author's use of calques and hispanisms, a seemingly English text uncovers the hidden Spanish of the novel. I argue that Fernandez, therefore, creates a Spanglish text that, through the use of subversive English, provides a unique way of preserving the transcultural and linguistic memory of Cuban Miami. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10