| Women and Slavery in Nineteenth-Century Colonial Cuba Contributor(s): Franklin, Sarah L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1580464025 ISBN-13: 9781580464024 Publisher: University of Rochester Press OUR PRICE: $99.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | African - Social Science | Slavery - Social Science | Black Studies (global) |
| Dewey: 306.362 |
| LCCN: 2012004221 |
| Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.2" W x 9.2" (1.15 lbs) 238 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Scholars have long recognized the importance of gender and hierarchy in the slave societies of the New World, yet gendered analysis of Cuba has lagged behind study of other regions. Cuban elites recognized that creating and maintaining the Cuban slave society required a rigid social hierarchy based on race, gender, and legal status. Given the dramatic changes that came to Cuba in the wake of the Haitian Revolution and the growth of the enslaved population, the maintenance of order required a patriarchy that placed both women and slaves among the lower ranks. Based on a variety of archival and printed primary sources, this book examines how patriarchy functioned outside the confines of the family unit by scrutinizing the foundation on which nineteenth-century Cuban patriarchy rested. This book investigates how patriarchy operated in the lives of the women of Cuba, from elite women to slaves. Through chapters on motherhood, marriage, education, public charity, and the sale of slaves, insight is gained into the role of patriarchy both as a guiding ideology and lived history in the Caribbean's longest lasting slave society. Sarah L. Franklin is assistant professor of history at the University of North Alabama. |