"High Spirits is a collection of eleven interconnected short stories from the Dominican diaspora, from debut author Camille Gomera-Tavarez. It is a book centered on one extended family – the Beléns – across multiple generations. It is set in the fictional small town of Hidalpa – and Santo Domingo and Paterson and San Juan and Washington Heights too. It is told in a style both utterly real and distinctly magical – and its stories explore machismo, mental health, family, and identity." -- publisher
Themes & Content
- Central Theme Categories
- Centering Culture & Identity
- Race/Culture/Identity Concepts
- Content
- Diverse Families/Family Dynamics
- Drugs
- Inequalities
- Interpersonal Abuse/Violence
- Languages & Communication
- Medical Conditions/Disabilities
- Race-Related
- Relationship/Sexuality
- Relocation Narratives
- Sacred Belief Systems
- Traditional Cultures
- Settings
- Americas
- Ethnicity
- Dominican
- Multiethnic
- Puerto Rican
- Unspecified
- Immigration Representation
- Children of Immigrants/Second Generation
- Immigrants
- Gender Representation
- Boys/Men
- Girls/Women
- Sexual Orientation / Relationship Representation
- Heterosexual
- Lesbian
- Race / Culture
- Black/African/African American
- Latinx/Hispanic/Latin American
- Religion
- Christian
