The cyborg Caribbean : techno-dominance in twenty-first-century Cuban, Dominican, and Puerto Rican science fiction /

The Cyborg Caribbean examines 21st-century Cuban, Dominican and Puerto Rican science fiction texts, arguing that these authors negotiate rhetorical legacies of historical techno-colonialism and techno-authoritarianism. The authors studied span the Hispanic Caribbean and their respective diasporas, r...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Ginsburg, Samuel (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2023].
Series:	Critical Caribbean studies.
Subjects:	Science fiction, Caribbean (Spanish) > History and criticism. Caribbean fiction > 21st century > History and criticism. Science fiction > Political aspects. Technology in literature.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Broadcasting resistance
Electroconvulsive therapy: treatment, torture, and electrified bodies
Nuclear weapons: missiles, radiation, and archives
Space exploration and colonial alienation
Disruptive avatars and the decoding of cyberspace
Conclusion: New Caribbean futures.