This biography of a runaway slave is arguably the best-known book to have been written and published in revolutionary Cuba. It is the testimonial narrative of Esteban Montejo, a former slave, runaway, and soldier in the Cuban wars of independence. The text is the collaboration between ethnographer Miguel Barnet and Montejo, the result of three years of tape-recorded interviews, transcribed, edited and annotated by Barnet. Montejo provides a first-hand account of slavery in nineteenth-century Cuba — the language, religion, music, and customs — and describes life in the sugar plantations and mills and as a runaway slave. Montejos text also covers key historical moments, from slavery to Abolition, the Ten Years War, the Spanish American War, and US intervention in the new republic. Reflecting the growing interest in Latin American and Cuban Studies, this student edition includes the complete text in Spanish, notes in English, a time-line of Cuban history and themes for debate and discussion. The extensive introduction focuses on three main areas: an overview of Cuban history featuring slavery, wars of independence and the new republic, an overview of the genre of the testimonial narrative as it emerged as an important literary style in revolutionary Cuba, and an analysis of the relationship between the Cuban Revolution and the publication of the text. There is also an extensive bibliography.
Cross-cultural Approach To Advanced Spanish Puntos de encuentro: A Cross-Cultural Approach to Advanced Spanish is an innovative task- and content-based textbook that rethinks advanced Spanish instruction. Based on research on second language acquisition in the classroom, it combines language-as-discourse instruction with content-based learning. This text emphasizes the analysis of spoken and written texts drawn from…
Hispanic Essays In Honor Of Frank P. Casa This Festschrift, composed of essays written by prominent Golden Age Hispanists from the United States, Canada, Spain, and Mexico, honors one of the most important Comedia scholars in North America, Frank P. Casa. It contains representative essays on the early drama and prose of Renaissance Spain, important works on canonical…
Conversaciones Con Sartre Carried out in complete confidence by a close friend of Jean-Paul Sartre who was authorized to write his biography, these interviews allow readers entry into one of the most brilliant minds of the 20th century. In this revealing and impressive portrait, readers can witness some of Sartre’s greatest complexities, especially…
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Día Alegre De Lolo Jojo Playful Day - El día alegre de Lolo Children's book in Spanish-English (Bilingual Edition) If you wish to talk to your children about eating, then this book (Spanish - English) can help you!Jojo might just inspire fussy eaters to finish up their food!This cute book tells the story of…
Lorcation When acclaimed Canadian writer Brian Dedora travelled to Spain in 2012 to explore Lorca's Granada," he experienced an unexpected transformation that set him on a path of understanding -- of the life and work of Federico Garcia Lorca, of the basic elements in common between the Spanish writer's life and…
