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Monsters by trade : slave traffickers in modern Spanish literature and culture / Lisa Surwillo

Author
Surwillo, Lisa
Published
Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2014]
Copyright Date
©2014
Physical Description
1 online resource (viii, 251 pages)
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Contents
Introduction : Blanco White and monsters of coloniality -- Negro Tomás and the trader -- The colony in the capital : El amigo Manso and Lo prohibido -- Baroja's Atlantic, beyond slavery -- Postimperial detours and retours : the ruta del indiano -- Family ties and narrative confessions in Catalonia -- Conclusion : the negrero resurfaces.
Summary
Through a literary analysis of works from key historical moments across two hundred years, 'Monsters by Trade' traces shifting anxieties over the transformation of Spain into a slave-trader nation, formed financially and ideologically by its morally corrupt slave economy in Cuba and condemned by all other Atlantic powers. The book thus expands our present consideration of modern empire.
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ISBN
9780804791830 (electronic bk.)
080479183X (electronic bk.)
9780804788793
0804788790
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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