This course will examine the rearticulation of local identities and the emergence of alternative subjectivities in contemporary cultural production from Cuba, Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico. Analyzing a wide variety of historical, sociological, political, filmic, and literary texts, we will explore theoretical debates surrounding the notions of hybridity, race, exile, nationhood, and insularism. Such analysis will ultimately help us reconsider the specific postcolonial dilemmas of the Hispanic Caribbean within the larger context of globalization.