ABSTRACT
A discussion surrounding the ethics of international travel continues in Chapter 6 through analysis of narratives by Aurora Arias, Rey Andújar, Alberto Guerra, and Mylene Fernández. By portraying encounters between local and foreign writers/scholars, these works highlight the power relations embedded in mobility and the ramifications for the creative process of Caribbean cultural workers. I examine what these works communicate about the struggle of cultural workers in the Dominican Republic and Cuba to be recognized and heard locally and by their counterparts based in North America and Europe, as well as a broader readership. They inspire reflection on the possibility of moral acts in encounters, and even collaboration, between local and foreign intellectuals and artists.
