Silverstein, Stephen.

The Merchant of Havana : The Jew in the Cuban Abolitionist Archive. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (221 pages)

Cover -- Title Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Notional Jew: Judaizing the Merchant -- 2. Racial Prescriptions and Inscriptions in Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda's Sab (1841) -- 3. Racial Alchemy and Alejandro Tapia y Rivera's La cuarterona (1867) -- 4. The Jewish Escape Hatch from Cuba Impossible: Cirilo Villaverde's Cecilia Valdés (1882) -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.

The rise of anti-Semitism in Cuba, the need to vilify in an age of uncertainty.

9780826521118


Jews - Cuba - History - 19th century.


Electronic books.

HT1078.S558 2016

306.36209729109034