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Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-237) and index
El filibustero : symbol of the battle for Cuba -- Annexation and independence : newspaper wars and transnational Cuba -- Men of action : revolutionary masculinity and women writers -- El mulato : race, land, and labor in the Americas -- A filibustero's novel : Cecilia Valdéz and a memory of nation
A study of the exiled Cuban writers from the 19th century known as los filibusteros who created a body of literature demanding independence from Spain and alliance with or annexation to the US. The transnational culture of writers went hand in hand with economic flow between the countries and was fuelled by belief in a US promise of freedom
