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Author:   Karen-Margrethe Simonsen
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2023
Weight:   0.549kg
ISBN:  

9783031315305

ISBN 10:   3031315308
Pages:   309
Publication Date:   25 June 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

 Chapter 1Introduction: Slavery and the Forensic Theatricality of Human Rights in the Spanish Empire-  Part I: Slavery, Theatricality and Human Rights in the Spanish Empire Chapter 2Slavery and Human Rights in the Spanish Empire  Chapter 3Allegorical Theatricality: Horror and Human Rights in Bartolomé de las Casas’ Atrocity Story A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies-  Part II: Comic Modes of Theatricality and Human Rights in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth Century Spain  Chapter 4 Carnivalesque Theatricality: Defeat, Revenge and Collective Rights in Micael de Carvajal’s Court of Death and the Tragedy of Atawallpa’s Death  Chapter 5Tragicomic Theatricality: Forensic Presentism and a Dual Vision of Rights in Lope de Vega’s The New World Discovered by Christopher Columbus  Part III: Tragic Modes of Theatricality and Human Rights in Nineteenth Century Cuba Chapter 6Melodramatic Theatricality: Tableaux of Natural Rights and Interracial Solidarity in Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda’s Sab Chapter 7Tragic Theatricality: Vulnerability and Rights in Juan Francisco Manzano’s Autobiography of a Slave and Zafira Chapter 8Epilogue: Forensic Theatricality and Human rights 

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​Karen-Margrethe Simonsen is Associate Professor of Comparative Literature at Aarhus University, Denmark. 

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