Writing Puerto Rico: Our Decolonial Moment

by Guillermo Rebollo Gil

Overview

This book is a manifesto-like consideration of the potentialities of radical political thought and action in contemporary Puerto Rico. Framed within the context of the present economic crisis, of austerity measures, PROMESA and mass migration, this book engages recent literary, artistic and activist work on the island in order to highlight the manners in which such work—however precarious, innocuous and/or fleeting—fosters hope among audiences, artists, protesters and onlookers alike for a more egalitarian and just society. Autoethnographically grounded, informal in tone, and with an eye toward intersectionality, this book serves as a unique contribution to the field of Puerto Rican Studies, by offering alternate points of departure for emergent theorizing and intellectual production across academic disciplines.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783319929750
Publisher:	Springer International Publishing
Publication date:	07/05/2018
Series:	New Caribbean Studies
Edition description:	1st ed. 2018
Pages:	116
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x (d)

About the Author

Guillermo Rebollo Gil is assistant professor and researcher at the Jesús T. Piñero Center for Social Research at Universidad del Este, Puerto Rico. He is the author of several academic, creative non-fiction and poetry books. He holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Florida and a JD from the University of Puerto Rico.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction.- 2. The Largest Mall in the Caribbean.- 3. As Far as Manifestos Go.- 4. How to Be in Another's Debt.- 5. How to Be Middle Class.- 6. How to Become Governor.- 7. How to Become Visible.- 8.How to Reach a Point of No Return.- 9. Regarding the Future.- 10. Our Decolonial Moment.- 11. How to Get ‘There’.- 12. How to Get Even.- 13. How to Feel Helpless.- 14. How to Find Sustenance.- 15. How to Travel.- 16. Coda.

Editorial Reviews

This is an important book, both in its content and in its form. It illuminates what otherwise (and usually is) missed in current social and cultural analysis on Puerto Rico.” (Manuel S. Almeida, CENTRO: Journal of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies, Vol. 31 (2), 2019)

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