Gender and Nationalism in Colonial Cuba: The Travels of Santa Cruz Y Montalvo, Condesa de Merlin

by Adriana Méndez Rodenas

Author of novels, memoirs, and travel writings, Maria de las Mercedes Santa Cruz y Montalvo, better known as la Condesa de Merlin (1789-1852), is arguably one of Cuba's most engaging authors; yet until now her works have gone largely ignored.

Born in colonial Havana to an aristocratic Creole family, the future countess of Merlin left Cuba for Spain at an early age. Later, her marriage to the French count Antoine Christophe Merlin and the invasion...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826512992
• ISBN13: 9780826512994
• Release Date: May 1998
• Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"