The Coolie Speaks. Chinese Indentured Laborers and African Slaves in Cuba.
Lisa Yun
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Description for The Coolie Speaks. Chinese Indentured Laborers and African Slaves in Cuba.
Hardcover. Introducing radical counter-visions of race and slavery, this title focuses on Chinese labourers who worked side by side with African slaves in Cuba. This title presents an examination of writings by Chinese coolies that raises theoretical and methodological questions regarding freedom, race, diaspora, trans-nationalism, and globalization. Series: Asian American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, 6 tables, 2 illustrations, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1KJC; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 31. Weight in Grams: 618.
A remarkable examination of bondage in Cuba that probes questions of slavery, freedom and race
A remarkable examination of bondage in Cuba that probes questions of slavery, freedom and race
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Series
Asian American History and Culture Series
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Philadelphia PA, United States
ISBN
9781592135813
SKU
V9781592135813
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Ref
99-1
About Lisa Yun
Lisa Yun is Associate Professor of English and Asian and Asian American Studies at Binghamton University.
Reviews for The Coolie Speaks. Chinese Indentured Laborers and African Slaves in Cuba.
“The individual testimonies…are stunning in their particularity and personality. Some use Chinese historic and poetic allusions in sophisticated ways, some are quite simple, and all are anguishing….[T]he author is to be commended.”—Library Journal “[L]ittle critical attention has been paid to one of the most important testimonials in Latin American history: The Cuba Commission Report. Lisa Yun’s timely and well-written book ... Read more