Campus Units
World Languages and Cultures
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
Fall 2017
Journal or Book Title
Chiricú Journal: Latina/o Literatures, Arts, and Cultures
Volume
2
Issue
1
First Page
40
Last Page
57
DOI
10.2979/chiricu.2.1.05
Abstract
This study charts language use in two public spheres: literary and digital. Cepeda’s 2015 memoir Bird of Paradise, much like fellow Dominican American author Junot Díaz’s works, utilizes untranslated code switching and requires both linguistic and cultural translations on the part of the reader. Cepeda’s digital public, analyzed via her active Twitter account with over 11,000 followers, employs language in different ways to reach a wider, transnational audience. This essay considers how both Cepeda’s literary and digital spheres connect her to a diverse readership and can be considered examples of (digital) activism.
Copyright Owner
Trustees of Indiana University
Copyright Date
2017
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Myers, Megan Jeanette, "Raquel Cepeda's Digital and Literary Publics: Twitter and Bird of Paradise" (2017). World Languages and Cultures Publications. 143.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/language_pubs/143
Included in
International and Intercultural Communication Commons, Spanish and Portuguese Language and Literature Commons
Comments
This article is published as Myers, Megan Jeanette. "Raquel Cepeda's Digital and Literary Publics: Twitter and Bird of Paradise." Chiricú Journal: Latina/o Literatures, Arts, and Cultures 2, no. 1 (2017): 40-57. doi: 10.2979/chiricu.2.1.05. Posted with permission.