Visions of the Amazon
What Has Shifted, What Persists, and Why This Matters
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18956227 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Candace Slater (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 3-23 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Latin American Research Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0023-8791 • E-ISSN: 1542-4278 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/lar.2015.0039 |
| OpenAlex | W2146785677 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 11 |
For many people throughout much of the world today, the terms “Amazon” and “rain forest” are synonymous—indeed, it seems as if the two must have always intertwined. However, while this much-invoked realm of shimmering, fragile nature, together with its ferocious jungle alter ego, does have deep roots in the past, its present-day incarnation has much to do with the global environmental movement that began emerging in the 1960s and has continued to morph over time. This article examines contemporary representations of the Amazon with an eye to what is now changing, as well as why. It underscores the key role that these depictions play in shaping policy, which gives them an importance far transcending purely narrative concerns
Aesthetics · Amazon rainforest · Archaeology · Art · Environmental ethics · Incarnation · Jungle · Literature · Narrative · Political science · Realm · Sociology · Theology · Vision · Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Ecology · History · Philosophy
Curupira und Kohlenstoff
A romance in (and with) the Amazon
Grandes Projetos De Infraestrutura Na Amazônia
La selva viviente como selva política
Life in Traffic
Missionary hydrography and the invention of early modern Amazonia
Amazonía desde fuera, entre jardín edénico e infierno verde. Una aproximación desde la semiótica a las construcciones discursivas de la identidad geocultural amazónica
After-Eden
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.8 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2025 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |