Introducing radical counter-visions of race and slavery, and probing the legal and philosophical questions raised by indenture, The Coolie Speaks offers the first critical reading of a massive testimony case from Cuba in 1874. From this case, Yun traces the emergence of a "coolie narrative" that forms a counterpart to the "slave narrative." The written and oral testimonies of nearly 3,000 Chinese laborers in Cuba, who toiled alongside African slaves, offer a rare glimpse into the nature of bondage and the tortuous transition to freedom. Trapped in one of the last standing systems of slavery in the Americas, the Chinese described their hopes and struggles, and their unrelenting quest for freedom.</p>
Yun argues that the testimonies from this case suggest radical critiques of the "contract" institution, the basis for free modern society. The example of Cuba, she suggests, constitutes the early experiment and forerunner of new contract slavery, in which the contract itself, taken to its extreme, was wielded as a most potent form of enslavement and complicity. Yun further considers the communal biography of a next-generation Afro-Chinese Cuban author and raises timely theoretical questions regarding race, diaspora, transnationalism, and globalization.</p>
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大學時候讀的。很開眼界。展現的很不一樣的一段曆史。每個有大國情節和種族歧視情節的人都應該來讀一讀，然後反省一下。據作者講，其實有後半部寫作計劃，但是距今尚未看到。
评分大學時候讀的。很開眼界。展現的很不一樣的一段曆史。每個有大國情節和種族歧視情節的人都應該來讀一讀，然後反省一下。據作者講，其實有後半部寫作計劃，但是距今尚未看到。
评分信息比例大 理論比例小
评分信息比例大 理論比例小
评分信息比例大 理論比例小
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