The Coolie Speaks - Chinese Indentured Laborers and African Slaves in Cuba

The Coolie Speaks focuses on Chinese laborers who worked side by side with African slaves in Cuba and wrote of their experiences of new bondage. Examining these narratives of resistance, the book reconceptualizes diasporic representations and histories to offer transformative re-examinations of "Chinese," "African," and "Latino" in mutually imbricated contexts.

List of contents

Acknowledgements 
Introduction: Challenges of a Transitional History 
1. Historical Context of Coolie Traffic to the Americas 
2. The Coolie Testimonies 
3. The Petitions 
4. The Despositions 
5. An Afro-Chinese Author and the Next Generation 
Conclusion: Old and New Maps of Coolies 
Sources 
Notes

About the author

Lisa Yun is Associate Professor of English and Asian and Asian American Studies at Binghamton University.

Product details

• Authors: Lisa Yun
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.02.2009
• EAN: 9781592135820
• ISBN: 978-1-59213-582-0
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 151 mm x 227 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 480 g
• Series: Asian American History & Cultu; Asian American History and Culture Series
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; Kuba, Kulturwissenschaften