Affect, Archive, Archipelago

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<p><span>Inspired by Édouard Glissants and Marta Aponte Alsinas critical-creative work, this book explores how Puerto Ricos affective archive of Caribbean relations, from the nineteenth century through the twenty-first, has envisioned and embodied decolonization and sovereignty in relation to the archipelagic, the sea, and Caribbean regionalism. The books transdisciplinary archive includes historical figures and their legacies; political and activist thought, textuality, and action as performative interventions; and performance and live arts pieces, objects, materialities, and texts as</span><span></span><span>political/activist actions.</span><span>Affect, Archive, Archipelago</span><span> begins by delving into the historical-political figures of Ramón Emeterio Betances, Luisa Capetillo, and Pedro Albizu Campos. It then encounters the work of the live arts collective</span><span>Agua, Sol y Sereno</span><span>; the political/activist work of</span><span>Amigxs del MAR</span><span>,</span><span>Comuna Caribe</span><span>,</span><span>Mujeres que Abrazan la Mar</span><span>, and</span><span>Coalición 8M</span><span>; and Teresa Hernándezs transdisciplinary artistic trajectory. Finally, stemming from the books argument and the immediate historical-political-affective context of Puerto Ricos summer 2019 rebellion (</span><span>Verano Boricua</span><span>), the book offers some reflections and proposals for furthering decolonial, sovereign, archipelagic, and reparatory horizons for Puerto Rico</span></p>

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<p><span>Beatriz Llenín-Figueroa is an independent writer, scholar, editor, translator, companion, and never-ending apprentice who stands for Puerto Rican and Caribbean emancipations.</span></p>

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