Bombs, Bodies, and Ghosts
This article examines the rhetorical power of nuclear weapons, and how recent Caribbean science fiction has challenged popular nuclear archives. Dominican author Rey Emmanuel Andújar's story "Gameon" (2014), speculates on the environmental, human, and geopolitical effects of nuclear w...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2020 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
| Repositorio: | Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ddd.uab.cat:235356 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://ddd.uab.cat/record/235356 https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.5565/rev/mitologias.718 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Caribbean science fiction Nuclear technology Dominican republic Techno-colonialism Ciencia ficción caribeña Tecnología nuclear República dominicana Cuba Tecno-colonialismo Ciència-ficció caribenya Tecnologia nuclear Tecno-colonialisme |
| Sumario: | This article examines the rhetorical power of nuclear weapons, and how recent Caribbean science fiction has challenged popular nuclear archives. Dominican author Rey Emmanuel Andújar's story "Gameon" (2014), speculates on the environmental, human, and geopolitical effects of nuclear war. Next, Cuban author Yasmín Silvia Portales's story "Las extrañas decisiones de Vladimir Denísovich Jiménez" (2016), asks if there is a place for queerness within a power structure based on nuclear supremacy. Finally, Cuban author Erick Mota's novella Trabajo Extra (2014) uses radioactive materials to discuss labor exploitation and alternative modes of development. These texts challenge colonizing nuclear rhetoric by creating spaces for proper mourning and remembrance. |
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