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The Cyborg Caribbean examines twenty-first-century Cuban, Dominican, and Puerto Rican science fiction, showing how it negotiates legacies of techno-colonialism and techno-authoritarianism. It traces histories of four different technologies—electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), nuclear weapons, space exploration, and digital avatars—that have transformed corporality and humanity in the Caribbean.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction: Broadcasting Resistance
1 Electroconvulsive Therapy: Treatment, Torture,
and Electrified Bodies
2 Nuclear Weapons: Missiles, Radiation,
and Archives
3 Space Exploration and Colonial Alienation
4 Disruptive Avatars and the Decoding of
Caribbean Cyberspace
Conclusion: New Caribbean Futures
Acknowledgments
Notes
Works Cited
Index
Über den Autor / die Autorin
SAMUEL GINSBURG is an assistant professor of Spanish, comparative ethnic studies, and American studies at Washington State University’s School of Languages, Cultures, and Race.
Zusammenfassung
Examines twenty-first-century Cuban, Dominican, and Puerto Rican science fiction texts, arguing that authors from Pedro Cabiya, Alexandra Pagan-Velez and Vagabond Beaumont to Yasmin Silvia Portales, Erick Mota and Rita Indiana Hernandez, among others, negotiate rhetorical legacies of historical techno-colonialism and techno-authoritarianism.
