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Morúa’s two novels are discussed as book-to-book, refutational reworkingsMorúa's refutational adaptation of Villaverde of the 1882 Cecilia. Correcting Villaverde’s characterizations, narrative construction, supposed historical inaccuracies, and thematic priorities, Morúa remedies the earlier author’s white middle-class incomprehension of Afro-Cuban reality. Above all, Villaverde fails to recognize the fundamentally unethical and illogical correlation of slavery and race. SofíaSofíaMorúa's eponymous protagonist, a white heiress falsely identified as black, falls victim to the barbaric milieu originating in this fraudulent correlation. The sequel, La familia Unzúazusecond of Morúa's novels, further indicts a white-dominated caste system designed to dominate Cuban reality, even after abolition. Both works are explicated as prominent examples of contestatory adaptation.

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Morúa’s Corrective Narratives: Sofía and La familia Unzúazu

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    2025年

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  • Lucy Harney

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Morúa’s two novels are discussed as book-to-book, refutational reworkingsMorúa's refutational adaptation of Villaverde of the 1882 Cecilia. Correcting Villaverde’s characterizations, narrative construction, supposed historical inaccuracies, and thematic priorities, Morúa remedies the earlier author’s white middle-class incomprehension of Afro-Cuban reality. Above all, Villaverde fails to recognize the fundamentally unethical and illogical correlation of slavery and race. SofíaSofíaMorúa's eponymous protagonist, a white heiress falsely identified as black, falls victim to the barbaric milieu originating in this fraudulent correlation. The sequel, La familia Unzúazusecond of Morúa's novels, further indicts a white-dominated caste system designed to dominate Cuban reality, even after abolition. Both works are explicated as prominent examples of contestatory adaptation.