Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. 256-266) e índice.

Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I. The Scene of Reading: 1. The reader with the book in his hand -- 2. From serf to self: the autobiography of Juan Francisco Manzano -- 3. The theatrics of reading: body and book in Victoria Ocampo -- Part II. Childhood and Family Tales: 4. Childhood and exile: the Cuban paradise of the Countess of Merlin -- 5. A school for life: Miguel Cane's Juvenilia -- 6. The search for Utopia: Picón Salas looks forward to the past -- 7. A game of cutouts: Norah Lange's Cuadernos de infancia -- Part III. Memory, Lineage and Representation: 8. Autobiography as history: a statue for posterity -- 9. Shrines and labyrinths: a place to remember -- 10. First memories, first myths: Vasconcelos' Ulises criollo -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.