Writing Puerto Rico Our Decolonial Moment

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 e

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WRITING PUERTO RICO Our Decolonial Moment

Guillermo Rebollo Gil

New Caribbean Studies Series Editors Kofi Campbell Department of English Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo, ON, Canada Shalini Puri Department of English University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA, USA

New Caribbean Studies series seeks to contribute to Caribbean self-­ understanding, to intervene in the terms of global engagement with the region, and to extend Caribbean Studies’ role in reinventing various disciplines and their methodologies well beyond the Caribbean. The series especially solicits humanities-informed and interdisciplinary scholarship from across the region’s language traditions. More information about this series at http://www.palgrave.com/gp/series/14752

Guillermo Rebollo Gil

Writing Puerto Rico Our Decolonial Moment

Guillermo Rebollo Gil Universidad del Este Carolina, Puerto Rico

New Caribbean Studies ISBN 978-3-319-92975-0    ISBN 978-3-319-92976-7 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92976-7 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018947465 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors, and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: Pattern adapted from an Indian cotton print produced in the 19th century Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Pivot imprint is published by the registered company Springer International Publishing AG part of Springer Nature. The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland

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Acknowledgments

The author would like to express his sincere gratitude to the editors of CounterPunch and The Journal of Feminist Scholarship, where fragments from this work initially appeared. Also, this work would n