From Utopian Enclave to Zombified Island: Disaster Capitalism and the Reassertion of Cuban Identity in Alejandro Brugués’ Juan of the Dead

• Main Author: Park, Jungwon
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2024
• Subjects: Caribbean culture; disaster capitalism; post-Special Period Cuba; tropicality; utopian enclave; Zombie
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/kk/vol1/iss45/11
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Cuba, expected with the 1959 revolution to become a utopian enclave in Latin America and beyond, has undergone political and economic hardships since the collapse of the Soviet Bloc, known as the Special Period. However, what has been the fate of this country, which remains one of the most isolated...