Undoing empire : race and nation in the mulatto Caribbean / José F. Buscaglia-Salgado.

Author/creator Buscaglia-Salgado, José F.
Format Book
Publication InfoMinneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2003.
Descriptionxxv, 340 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects
Multiracial people--Race identity. --Caribbean Area. --History.
Racism--Caribbean Area. --History.
Self-determination, National--Caribbean Area. --History.
Caribbean Area--Race relations.
Spain--Relations. --Antilles, Greater.
Antilles, Greater--Relations. --Spain.

Contents Tales of the Alhambra : Washington Irving and the immaculate conception of America -- Contesting the ideal : from the Moors of Hispania to the morenos of Hispaniola -- Bartolomé de Las Casas at the end of time, or, How the Indies were won and lost -- The creole in his labyrinth : the disquieting order of the being unbecoming -- Undoing the ideal : the life and passion of the mulatto -- Moors in heaven : a second Columbus and the return of the Zaharenian curse.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 265-322) and index.
LCCN 2003004997
ISBN0816635730 (HC : alk. paper)
ISBN0816635749 (PB : alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks F2190 .B87 2003 ✔ Available Place Hold