Ecological Imaginations in Latin American Fiction

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8090610
AutoresLaura Barbas-Rhoden (0000-0002-2110-1084, autor de correspondencia)
Año2011
Páginas176
Fecha de publicación2011-03-01
Open AccessNo
TipoBOOK
RevistaEcological Imaginations in Latin American Fiction (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditorialUniversity Press of Florida (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5744/florida/9780813035468.001.0001
OpenAlexW4301032518
Open LibraryOL27645979M
ISBN9780813035468
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas12

From the rainforests of Costa Rica and the Amazon to the windswept lands of Tierra del Fuego, this book discusses natural settings within contemporary Latin American novels as they depict key moments of environmental change or crisis in the region from nineteenth-century imperialism to the present. By integrating the use of futuristic novels, the book pushes the ecocriticism discussion beyond the realm of “nature writing.” It avoids the clichés of literary nature and reminds readers that today's urban centers are also part of Latin America and its environmental crisis. One of the first books to apply ecocriticism to Latin American fiction, this text argues that literature can offer readers a deeper understanding of the natural world and humanity's place in it. The book demonstrates that ecocritical readings of Latin American topics must take into account social, racial, and gender injustices. It also addresses postapocalyptic science fiction that speaks to a fear of environmental collapse and reminds North American readers that the environments of Latin America are rich and diverse, encompassing both rural and urban extremes

Archaeology · Art · Deep time · Ecocriticism · Environmental crisis · Environmental ethics · Humanity · Latin Americans · Literature · Natural (archaeology · Political science · Realm · Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature · Ecology · Ecology in literature · History and criticism · Latin American fiction · Latin american fiction, history and criticism · History · Law · Philosophy