期刊名称：Cuadernos Inter.c.a.mbio sobre Centroamérica y el Caribe
印刷版ISSN：1659-0139
电子版ISSN：1659-4940
出版年度：2020
卷号：18
期号：1
页码：1-20
DOI：10.15517/c.a..v18i1.45606
出版社：Universidad de Costa Rica
摘要：The testimonial novel Biography of a Runaway Slave by Miguel Barnet is one of the pioneers of the narrative genre and has attracted the attention of critics from the moment of its publication. Scholars see the testimonial novel as a text that allows the reader access to a "genuine" episteme, safeguarded by a witness of historical events. The main objective of this article is to demonstrate that the narrative of the maroon and former mambí Esteban Montejo opens new ways of reading and analyzing historical events. In particular, I will focus on Montejo’s statements on the Cuban War of Independence. For this purpose, I will use the theory of the Subaltern Studies as a methodological tool. The analysis will show the denial of Afro-Cuban agency in the official history of independence in Cuba, and will offer a reading of the events that recognizes the important Afro-descendant contribution.
