Bombs, Bodies, and Ghosts: Navigating Rhetorical Legacies of Nuclear Technology in Recent Caribbean Science Fiction

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...

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Autor principal:	Samuel Ginsburg
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Publicado:	Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 2020
Materias:	Caribbean Science Fiction Nuclear Technology Dominican Republic Cuba Techno-colonialism French literature - Italian literature - Spanish literature - Portuguese literature PQ1-3999
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:4a726799a65140999b4b1fc8f6f8df712021-11-22T16:46:35ZBombs, Bodies, and Ghosts: Navigating Rhetorical Legacies of Nuclear Technology in Recent Caribbean Science Fiction10.5565/rev/mitologias.7182014-1130https://doaj.org/article/4a726799a65140999b4b1fc8f6f8df712020-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistes.uab.cat/mitologias/article/view/718https://doaj.org/toc/2014-1130This 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. Samuel GinsburgUniversitat Autònoma de BarcelonaarticleCaribbean Science FictionNuclear TechnologyDominican RepublicCubaTechno-colonialismFrench literature - Italian literature - Spanish literature - Portuguese literaturePQ1-3999ESMitologías Hoy, Vol 22 (2020)
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description	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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Bombs, Bodies, and Ghosts: Navigating Rhetorical Legacies of Nuclear Technology in Recent Caribbean Science Fiction

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