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Author Surwillo, Lisa, author.

Title Monsters by trade : slave traffickers in modern Spanish literature and culture / Lisa Surwillo
Published Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2014]
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Description 1 online resource (viii, 251 pages)
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Spanish literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
Spanish literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
Slave trade in literature.
Slavery in literature.
Slave trade -- Spain -- History -- 19th century
Slavery -- Cuba -- History -- 19th century
Collective memory -- Spain -- History -- 20th century
LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- Spanish & Portuguese.
HISTORY -- Europe -- Spain & Portugal.
Esclavitud -- España -- s. 19
Collective memory
Spanish colonies
Slave trade
Slave trade in literature
Slavery
Slavery in literature
Spanish literature
SUBJECT Spain -- Colonies -- America -- History -- 19th century
Subject America
Cuba
Spain
Genre/Form Electronic books
Libros electrónicos
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780804791830
080479183X