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Reyita : the life of a Black Cuban woman in the twentieth century / María de los Reyes Castillo Bueno, as told to her daughter, Daisy Rubiera Castillo ; with an introduction by Elizabeth Dore ; translated from the Spanish by Anne McLean.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Castillo Bueno, María de los Reyes, 1902-1997.
- Standardized Title:
- Reyita, sencillamente. English
- Language:
- English
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Castillo Bueno, María de los Reyes, 1902-1997.
- Castillo Bueno, María de los Reyes.
- Black people--Cuba--Biography.
- Black people.
- Cuba--Race relations.
- Cuba.
- Race relations.
- Cuba--History--1895-.
- History.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- 182 pages : portraits ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 2000.
- Summary:
- Assisted by her daughter, Daisy Rubiera Castillo, the author recounts her life as a black woman struggling with prejudice and change in Cuba over the span of 90 years. Known as "Reyita", Maria de Los Reyes Castillo Bueno starts her story with the abduction of her grandmother by slave traders and shares her own experiences as a mother, laborer, and revolutionary.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 180-182).
- ISBN:
- 0822325799
- 0822325934
- OCLC:
- 43096711
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