Writing to Cuba : filibustering and Cuban exiles in the United States / Rodrigo Lazo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lazo, Rodrigo, author.

Series:

Envisioning Cuba

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cuban newspapers--United States--History--19th century.

Cuban newspapers.

Authors, Cuban--Political activity--United States--History--19th century.

Authors, Cuban.

Exiles--Political activity--United States--History--19th century.

Exiles.

Filibusters--Cuba--History--19th century.

Filibusters.

Cubans--United States--Intellectual life--19th century.

Cubans.

Cubans--United States--Politics and government--19th century.

United States--Relations--Cuba.

United States.

Cuba--Relations--United States.

Cuba.

Cuba--History--1810-1899.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill ; London : The University of North Carolina Press, [2005]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A study of the exiled Cuban writers from the 19th century known as los filibusteros who created a body of literature demanding independence from Spain and alliance with or annexation to the US. The transnational culture of writers went hand in hand with economic flow between the countries and was fuelled by belief in a US promise of freedom.

Contents:

El filibustero : symbol of the battle for Cuba

Annexation and independence : newspaper wars and transnational Cuba

Men of action : revolutionary masculinity and women writers

El mulato : race, land, and labor in the Americas

A filibustero's novel : Cecilia Valdéz and a memory of nation.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [225]-237) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9798890878205

9780807876428

0807876429

OCLC:

476236994