Table of Contents
Preface: A Mulato Fino in the Twenty-First Century-A Personal Reflection ix
Acknowledgments xviii
A Note on Translations xix
Introduction: Nineteenth-Century Costumbrista Writers on the Slave Trade and on Black Traditions in Cuba 1
1 Cuban Costumbrista Portraits of Slaves in Sugarmills: Essays by Anselmo Suárez y Romero 13
2 Juan Francisco Manzano's Autobiografía de un esclavo: Self-Characterization of an Urban Mulato Fino Slave 60
3 Urban Slaves and Freed Blacks: Black Women's Objectification and Erotic Taboos 87
4 The Costumbristas' Views of Manly Black Males: Uppity Blacks and Thugs 120
5 Depictions of the Horrific "Unseen": Cuban Creole Religious Practices 159
Conclusion: Costumbrista Essays on Blacks: Nineteenth-Century Preconceived Notions of Civility 201
Notes 209
Bibliography 213
Index 223