The Devil in the Details

This is a book about breathing new life into texts from the past It demonstrates that meaning in the universe of art is not fixed but volatile contradictory unsettled and sometimes unsettling As an excellent example of a critical practice which is enabling rather than disabling. The Devil in the Details engages respectfully with previous interpretations of nineteenth century Cuban antislavery narratives and suggests other ways of thinking about and understanding them in the light of contemporary ideas.