Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Prologue to the English Edition xi
5. Introduction xiii
6. Part I Reading Aloud in Cigar Factories until 1900
7. 1. Cuba 1
8. 2. From Cuba to Spain 45
9. Part II “Workshop Graduates” and “Workers in Exile”
10. 3. Key West 61
11. 4. Tampa 85
12. 5. Luisa Capetillo 143
13. Part III Cigar Factory Lectores in Cuba, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic, 1902–2005
14. 6. Cuba, 1902–1959 157
15. 7. Cuba, 1959–2005 166
16. 8. Mexico: The Echoes of Reading 206
17. 9. The Dominican Republic 213
18. Epilogue 221
19. Notes 227
20. Bibliography 249
21. Index 261