Sab: By Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda Contributor(s): Davies, Catherine (Author) |
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ISBN: 071905706X ISBN-13: 9780719057069 Publisher: Manchester University Press OUR PRICE: $15.15 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2001 Annotation: This story of a slave's unrequited love for the woman who possessed him is set in 19th-century colonial Cuba. It is the only known feminist and abolitionist novel published during the 19th century in Spain or its colonies. "Sab" is a pioneer novel in that it is not merely concerned with improving the treatment of slaves or putting an end to the trade in Africa; it is an impassioned declaration of human rights. This new annotated critical edition provides the original Spanish text, an authoritative English introduction, maps and tables which relate to 19th-century Cuba, and a vocabulary list. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics |
Dewey: 863.5 |
LCCN: 2001030103 |
Series: Hispanic Texts |
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5" W x 7.7" (0.50 lbs) 224 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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. |