Abstract

ZAMBRANA, Rocío. Caribbean Subversions of Debt. Eidos [online]. 2020, n.spe34, pp.57-82.  Epub Nov 13, 2021. ISSN 1692-8857.  https://doi.org/10.14482/eidos.34.190.

In this essay, Caribbean subversions of debt are explored, focusing on the case of Puerto Rico. Since 2016, the Colectiva Feminista en Construcción has designed a new ground and political imaginary that exemplifies the subversion of debt in Puerto Rico. The Collectiva's tactics subvert indebtedness, reversing the positions of power that debt generates. This inversion/subversion is elaborated as an expression of resistance through "detour" (le détour), as Édouard Glissant understands it in Caribbean Discourse. The work ofYuderkys Espinosa Miñoso and Celenis Rodriguez Moreno on the colonial/modern gender system in the Caribbean, particularly in the Dominican Republic, is essential. Furthermore, the work of Rodríguez Moreno on the "mimetic formation of gender" allows pinpointing the interruption of coloniality regarding the desire, the time, and the space for the actions of la Colectiva.

Keywords : coloniality; debt; protest; Puerto Rico; Caribbean; gender; decolonial feminism.

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