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An intriguing history of the hired readers who read to cigar factory workers in Cuba, Tampa, Key West, Puerto Rico, and Mexico.

Trade Review
"El Lector will find a broad and appreciative audience and will become a landmark in the study of Cuban and Latin American cultures." Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria, Yale University

Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Prologue to the English Edition
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Reading Aloud in Cigar Factories until 1900
    • 1. Cuba
    • 2. From Cuba to Spain: Reading Aloud in Emilia Pardo Bazán's La Tribuna
  • Part II. "Workshop Graduates" and "Workers in Exile": Reading Aloud in the United States and Puerto Rico, 1868–1931
    • 3. Key West
    • 4. Tampa
    • 5. Luisa Capetillo: Lectora in Puerto Rico, Tampa, and New York
  • Part III. Cigar Factory Lectores in Cuba, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic, 1902–2005
    • 6. Cuba, 1902–1959
    • 7. Cuba, 1959–2005
    • 8. Mexico: The Echoes of Reading
    • 9. The Dominican Republic: Reading Aloud and the Future
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

El Lector A History of the Cigar Factory Reader

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      ISBN13: 9780292725768, 978-0292725768
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      An intriguing history of the hired readers who read to cigar factory workers in Cuba, Tampa, Key West, Puerto Rico, and Mexico.

      Trade Review
      "El Lector will find a broad and appreciative audience and will become a landmark in the study of Cuban and Latin American cultures." Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria, Yale University

      Table of Contents
      • Acknowledgments
      • Prologue to the English Edition
      • Introduction
      • Part I. Reading Aloud in Cigar Factories until 1900
        • 1. Cuba
        • 2. From Cuba to Spain: Reading Aloud in Emilia Pardo Bazán's La Tribuna
      • Part II. "Workshop Graduates" and "Workers in Exile": Reading Aloud in the United States and Puerto Rico, 1868–1931
        • 3. Key West
        • 4. Tampa
        • 5. Luisa Capetillo: Lectora in Puerto Rico, Tampa, and New York
      • Part III. Cigar Factory Lectores in Cuba, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic, 1902–2005
        • 6. Cuba, 1902–1959
        • 7. Cuba, 1959–2005
        • 8. Mexico: The Echoes of Reading
        • 9. The Dominican Republic: Reading Aloud and the Future
      • Epilogue
      • Notes
      • Bibliography
      • Index

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