In 1898, both Cuba and the Philippines achieved their independence from Spain and then immediately became targets of US expansionism. This book presents a comparative analysis of late-nineteenth-century literature and history in Cuba and the Philippines, focusing on the writings of José Martí and José Rizal to reveal shared anti-imperial struggles.

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Koichi Hagimoto is an Assistant Professor of Spanish at Wellesley College.

Inhalt
Introduction: Phantoms of José Martí and José Rizal 1. Anti-Colonial Melodramas: Gender Relations and the Discourse of Resistance in Noli me tangere and Lucía Jerez 2. Theatrical Performance in the Manifesto: Comparative Analysis of Martí's 'Manifiesto de Montecristi' and Rizal's 'Filipinas dentro de cien años' 3. Cuban and Filipino Calibans Confront the Modern Empire 4. Conversations Across the Pacific: Masonry, Epistolary, and Journal Writing Afterword