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The Autobiography of a Slave/Autobiografia De UN Esclavo
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Wayne State Univ Pr
Publication date
January 1, 1996
Pages
135
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780814325377
ISBN-10
0814325378
Dimensions
0.75 by 6.50 by 9.50 in.
Weight
0.85 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
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$39.95
Other format details
university press
§As reported by publisher
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
'En face bilingual edition of only extant Latin American slave narrative written during slavery era. Original Spanish punctuation, spelling, and syntax corrected and modernized by Schulman; translation is of this new version of text. Introduction, notes,chronology give extensive background. Excellent for undergraduate classroom use. Scholars may prefer original text'--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.http://www.loc.gov/hlas/
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Juan Francisco Manzano (1797-1854), an urban slave who taught himself to read and write, and who ultimately achieved fame as a poet in Cuba's colonial slave society, wrote the only known autobiographical account of Latin American slavery. His narrative, composed in two parts, is a heart-rendering history of the systematic, unrelenting destruction of human dignity and individual will. It bears the marks of slavery, not merely by virtue of the countless oppressive autobiographical events and the cruel punishments that are narrated, but also because of its unorthodox syntax and orthography in the original manuscript, and the destruction of the second half of Manzano's history which "disappeared" mysteriously during his lifetime and has never surfaced since. In this first bilingual edition of the volume, Evelyn Picon Garfield provides a careful translation of Manzano's somber narration. Ivan Schulman introduces the text to place it in historical and cultural context.
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9780814325377 | details & prices | 135 pages | 6.50 × 9.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.85 lbs | List price $39.95
About: 'En face bilingual edition of only extant Latin American slave narrative written during slavery era.
About: 'En face bilingual edition of only extant Latin American slave narrative written during slavery era.
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