SOURCE: Branche, Jerome. “Ennobling Savagery? Sentimentalism and the Subaltern in Sab.” Afro-Hispanic Review 17, no. 2 (fall 1998): 12-23.
In the following essay, Branche contests standard depictions of Avellaneda's Sab as a pioneering abolitionst/feminist novel, arguing that the novel's characters, plot, and themes betray the author's own deep-seated racism.
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