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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.
List of contents
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
About the author
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.
Summary
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.
