The postface reflects on the history of Cuban slavery by focusing on the practices of resistance, creativity, and of interdependence between man and nature narrated by the fugitive slave Esteban Montejo. The reflection focuses on the value attributed to the cimarronaje in the system of forces of the Cuban colony and its meanings as a practice of citizenship in opposition to the state of exception established in the space of the plantation. A fundamental part of this contribution is the attention brought to a more hidden dimension of Barnet's book that nonetheless constitutes a constant subtext: the knowledge, care practices and sexual practices of enslaved women, which testify to an integral and creative way of life, beyond domination.
«La calvizie la portarono a Cuba gli spagnoli o della pratica di cittadinanza del cimarronaje»
elena Zapponi
2024-01-01
Abstract
The postface reflects on the history of Cuban slavery by focusing on the practices of resistance, creativity, and of interdependence between man and nature narrated by the fugitive slave Esteban Montejo. The reflection focuses on the value attributed to the cimarronaje in the system of forces of the Cuban colony and its meanings as a practice of citizenship in opposition to the state of exception established in the space of the plantation. A fundamental part of this contribution is the attention brought to a more hidden dimension of Barnet's book that nonetheless constitutes a constant subtext: the knowledge, care practices and sexual practices of enslaved women, which testify to an integral and creative way of life, beyond domination.
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