Both sides of the Massacre: collective memory and narrative on Hispaniola.(Critical Essay)

From: Mosaic (Winnipeg) | Date: June 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

Julia Alvarez and Edwidge Danticat reveal how Dominicans and Haitians remember and commemorate the atrocities of Rafael Leonidas Trujillo's regime. While historical discourse is often inaccessible to marginalized communities, Alvarez and Danticat create narrative space that includes the experiences of women and revaloes their role in the preservation of collective memory and the construction of national identity.

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Together, Haiti and the Dominican Republic form the island named Hispaniola, and between Haiti and the Dominican Republic runs the Massacre River, ...

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