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This discerning study delves into the life and work of Juan Francisco Manzano (1797–1854), the enslaved Cuban poet and author of Spanish America's only known slave narrative, Autobiografía de un esclavo (written in 1836, first published in Spanish in 1937). . . A valuable contribution to the field of Latin American and Caribbean studies. . . . Recommended.

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Introduction
1. Liberalisms at Odds: Slavery and the Struggle for an Autochthonous Literature.
2. In Spite of Himself: Unconscious Resistance and Melancholy Attachments in Manzano's Autobiography.
3. Being Adequate to the Task: An Abolitionist Translates the Desire to Be Free.
4. Freedom Without Equality: Slave Protagonists, Free Blacks, and Their Bodies.
Epilogue
Appendix
Bibliography
Index

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      Publisher: Indiana University Press
      Publication Date: 07/08/2015
      ISBN13: 9780253016935, 978-0253016935
      ISBN10: 0253016932
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      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review

      This discerning study delves into the life and work of Juan Francisco Manzano (1797–1854), the enslaved Cuban poet and author of Spanish America's only known slave narrative, Autobiografía de un esclavo (written in 1836, first published in Spanish in 1937). . . A valuable contribution to the field of Latin American and Caribbean studies. . . . Recommended.

      * Choice *

      Table of Contents

      Introduction
      1. Liberalisms at Odds: Slavery and the Struggle for an Autochthonous Literature.
      2. In Spite of Himself: Unconscious Resistance and Melancholy Attachments in Manzano's Autobiography.
      3. Being Adequate to the Task: An Abolitionist Translates the Desire to Be Free.
      4. Freedom Without Equality: Slave Protagonists, Free Blacks, and Their Bodies.
      Epilogue
      Appendix
      Bibliography
      Index

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