Description: This book approaches portrayals of environmental crises in Latin American nations in literature, film, performance, and digital art within the context of the ongoing expansion of globalized neoliberal capitalism from and ecocritical perspective.
Brief description: Mark Anderson is associate professor of Latin American literatures and cultures at the University of Georgia Zélia M. Bora is professor of Brazilian and comparative literature at the Universidade Federal de Paraiba
Review Quotes:
"The editors deserve to be commended for producing this excellent contribution to the field of ecocriticism. Readers of this book will find themselves learning about diverse regional environmental approaches to the common ecological crisis." --Hispania
"This volume is exemplary in its composition: it captures the vibrant diversity in the field of ecocriticism and Latin American letters at a critical moment in the evolution of the field of environmental humanities. Its essays expand the field of cultural and literary study in ways that thoughtfully engage past scholarship and point to exciting new areas of research. Ecological Crisis and Cultural Representation in Latin America conveys the rich heterogeneity of cultural engagement with environmental realities in Latin America and is an essential read for scholars and students of ecocriticism." --Laura Barbas-Rhoden, Wofford College "At a moment where humans and non-humans alike are witnessing a worldwide environmental crisis, this far-reaching collection of essays addresses this problem from multiple angles, spanning the origins as well as the potentially disastrous consequences of the current ecological catastrophe. The contributors to this timely collection provide a fantastic account of the trope of crisis in Latin American cultural representations, calling the reader to take an ethical stance vis-à-vis the future of the planet and the continuity of life. This book will be an important aid for both scholars and students that would like to delve into the study of environmental crisis in Latin America." --Gisela Heffes, Rice University "Ecological Crisis and Cultural Representation in Latin America is a substantial and exceptionally thought-provoking collection of essays about Latin America's environmental crises of the past, present and future. Works of classic and contemporary literature, film and journalism are analyzed in the context of critical moments in environmental history, with some surprising results. The selections are impressively researched and theoretically informed. This book should be read by anyone with an interest in contemporary Latin America." --Jennifer French, Williams College