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Product Identifiers

PublisherManchester University Press

ISBN-10071905706X

ISBN-139780719057069

eBay Product ID (ePID)6038731175

Product Key Features

Book TitleSab : by Gertrudis Gomez De Avellaneda

Number of Pages224 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2001

TopicCaribbean & Latin American, General, Modern / 19th Century

IllustratorYes

GenreLiterary Criticism, Literary Collections

AuthorCatherine Davies

Book SeriesHispanic Texts

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight8 Oz

Item Length7.8 in

Item Width5.1 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition21

Dewey Decimal863.5

Table Of Content1. Introduction 2. Sab 3. Appendices i. Map and figures ii. Life and works of Gomes de Avellaneda iii. A description of Puerto Principe, 1840 iv. 'El cantico del esclavo' Bibliography Temas de discusion; Temas de debate Selected vocabulary

Edition DescriptionAnnotated edition

SynopsisEsta obra cuenta la historia de un esclavo que en la Cuba colonial del siglo XIX se enamora de la mujer la cualera su dueña. Considerando la época en que la mujer era reprimida en todo sentido la obra se presenta como la única que aborda temas tan tabúes como el feminismo y la abolición. Es la única en su género publicada en el siglo XIX en España o sus colonias. Sab es una novela vanguardista que no sólo considera mejorar el trato a los esclavossino también teminar con su comercialización en África. Esta obra pasa a ser una apasionada declaración de los derechos humanos. Esta nueva edición viene con el texto en español y una introducción en inglés. Además incluye mapas y una sección de vocabulario para facilitar la comprensión del texto., This new annotated critical edition is the first to provide the original Spanish text along with a substantial and authoritative introduction in English, as well as maps and tables relating to nineteenth-century Cuba, a vocabulary list, and suggestions for further reading., This tale of a slave's unrequited love for the woman who owns him is set in 19th-century colonial Cuba. It was the only feminist-abolitionist novel published during the century in Spain or its colonies. It appeared at the height of the abolitionist campaign in Britain, but was largely ignored until recent times. Sab was a pioneer novel in that it was not concerned with merely improving the treatment of slaves or even putting an end to the trade with Africa. It is an impassioned declaration of human rights, arguing that people have a fundamental right to liberty, irrespective of social status, gender or skin colour. This new annotated critical edition provides the original Spanish text along with a substantial and authoritative introduction in English, as well as maps and tables relating to nineteenth-century Cuba, a vocabulary list, and suggestions for further reading. This text raises important issues concerning power, race, gender and class in colonial societies, colonial and post-colonial subjectivity and identities, feminist appropriations of the abolitionist agenda, human rights discourse, and literary and philosophical issues associated with enlightenment thought., This tale of a slave's unrequited love for the woman who owns him is set in nineteenth-century colonial Cuba and was the only feminist-abolitionist novel published during the century in Spain or its colonies. This unique text raises important issues concerning power, race, gender and class in colonial societies, colonial and post-colonial subjectivity and identities, feminist appropriations of the abolitionist agenda, human rights discourse, and literary and philosophical issues associated with enlightenment thought. This new annotated critical edition is the first to provide the original Spanish text along with a substantial and authoritative introduction in English, as well as maps and tables relating to nineteenth-century Cuba, a vocabulary list, and suggestions for further reading.