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VOL. 9, ISSUE 2 (2023)
Displacement and alienation in the works of Julia Alvarez
Authors
Dr. Dhaygude Kakasaheb Dhondiba
Abstract
Love for one’s land is a natural phenomenon but due to circumstances an
individual or a group migrates to a foreign land. This displacement is
voluntary as well as forceful. In the current age of information and technology
large number of voluntary migration takes place in search of green pastures.
There are innumerable cases where individuals, families and communities forsake
their land to evade large-scale violence, discrimination and subjugation. The
forceful or state sponsored eviction and displacement destroys the lives of
millions of people. The uprooted section never comes out of the nostalgia of
its motherland. The natives never accept the immigrated section even after it
embraces the new land, its culture and traditions. Although horrible the migration
also provides new avenues for the displaced population. Julia Alvarez, a
Dominican whose parents leave the land for the deliverance from brutal reprisal
of the Dominican regime. The writer through her autobiographical works presents
the agonies of rootlessness. The present paper presents how Julia Alvarez deals
with the subjugation of woman and search for identity in the adulterated world.
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Pages:8-10
How to cite this article:
Dr. Dhaygude Kakasaheb Dhondiba "Displacement and alienation in the works of Julia Alvarez". International Journal of English Research, Vol 9, Issue 2, 2023, Pages 8-10
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