Title Mambisas : rebel women in nineteenth-century Cuba / Teresa Prados-Torreira

Published Gainesville, Fla. : University Press of Florida, ©2005

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 186 pages) : illustrations Contents Front Cover; Table of Contents vii; List of Illustrations ix; Acknowledgments xi; Introduction 1; 1. The Hammock: Bound by Privilege 10; 2. The Whip: Black Women in a Slave Society 27; 3. Hair and Prayer: Early Signs of Unrest 39; 4. The Ten Years War (1868-1878) 48; 5. Mambisas as Citizens: Emilia Casanova and Ana Betancourt 76; 6. "It Won't Be Long": Between the Wars 88; 7. The War of Independence (1895-1898) 101; 8. Evangelina Cossío Cisneros and the Yellow Press 137; Epilogue 147; Notes 153; Bibliography 167; Index 179 Summary Examines a rarely studied yet crucial group of insurgents who fought for Cuban independence from Spain during the 19th century: rebel women known as mambisas Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-177) and index Notes Print version record Subject Women -- Cuba -- History -- Insurrection, 1868-1878 Women -- Cuba -- History -- Revolution, 1895-1898 Women revolutionaries -- Cuba -- History -- 19th century Women, Black -- Cuba -- History -- 19th century HISTORY. Military participation -- Female Women Women, Black Women revolutionaries Unabhängigkeitsbewegung Frau SUBJECT Cuba -- History -- Insurrection, 1868-1878 -- Participation, Female Cuba -- History -- 1878-1895. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85034569 Cuba -- History -- Revolution, 1895-1898 -- Participation, Female Subject Cuba Kuba. Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780813037691 0813037697

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