Surwillo, Lisa

Monsters by trade : slave traffickers in modern Spanish literature and culture / Lisa Surwillo. - Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2014] - viii, 251 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-241) and index.

Introduction : Blanco White and monsters of coloniality -- Negro Tomás and the trader -- The colony in the capital : El amigo Manso and Lo prohibido -- Baroja's Atlantic, beyond slavery -- Postimperial detours and retours : the ruta del indiano -- Family ties and narrative confessions in Catalonia -- Conclusion : the negrero resurfaces.

9780804788793 (cloth : alk. paper)

2014007325


Spanish literature--History and criticism.--19th century
Spanish literature--History and criticism.--20th century
Slave trade in literature.
Slavery in literature.
Slave trade--History--Spain--19th century.
Slavery--History--Cuba--19th century.
Collective memory--History--Spain--20th century.
Literatura española--Historia y crítica--Siglo XIX.
Literatura española--Historia y crítica--Siglo XX.
Esclavitud en la literatura.


Spain--Colonies--History--America--19th century.

PQ 6073 / S963m 2014

860.9/3552