The Cyborg Caribbean: Techno-Dominance in Twenty-First-Century Cuban, Dominican, and Puerto Rican Science Fiction

The Cyborg Caribbean examines a wide range of 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 Yoss, Haris Durrani, and Rita Indiana Hernandez, among others, negotiate rhetorical legacies of historical techno-colonialism and techno-authoritarianism. The authors span the Hispanic Caribbean and their respective diasporas, reflecting how science fiction as a genre has the ability to manipulate political borders. As both a literary and historical study, the book traces four different technologies--electroconvulsive therapy, nuclear weapons, space exploration, and digital avatars--that have transformed understandings of corporality and humanity in the Caribbean. By recognizing the ways that increased technology may amplify the marginalization of bodies based on race, gender, sexuality, and other factors, the science fiction texts studied in this book challenge oppressive narratives that link technological and sociopolitical progress.
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Author: Samuel Ginsburg
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 08/11/2023
Pages: 170
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9781978836228
ISBN10: 1978836228
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Caribbean & Latin American
- Literary Criticism | Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Literary Criticism | Modern | 21st Century

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.