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brilliantine Noun a perfumed oil used to make the hair smooth and shiny [French]
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The author affirms this claim by emphasizing Lourdes' refusal to visit Cuba and the moments when she relives the violation: any mention of a possible return induces in Lourdes fear and anguish, and "she smells the brilliantined hair, feels the scraping blade, the web of scars it left on her stomach" (196). Nearby is the famous Yovogi Park, where competing zoku (tribes) from spikily festooned punks to brilliantined Elvis impersonators preen and pose to the bemusement of passers by. |
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