Ecofictions, Ecorealities, and Slow Violence in Latin America and the Latinx World (Hardcover)

Ecofictions, Ecorealities and Slow Violence in Latin America and the Latinx World brings together critical studies of Latin American and Latinx writing, film, visual, and performing arts to offer new perspectives on ecological violence. Building on Rob Nixon's concept of "slow violence," the contributions to the volume explore processes of environmental destruction that are not immediately visible yet expand in time and space and transcend the limits of our experience. Authors consider these forms of destruction in relation to new material contexts of artistic creation, practices of activism, and cultural production in Latin American and Latinx worlds. Their critical contributions investigate how writers, cultural activists, filmmakers, and visual and performance artists across the region conceptualize, visualize, and document this invisible but far-reaching realm of violence that so tenaciously resists representation. The volume highlights the dense web of material relations in which all is enmeshed, and calls attention to a notion of agency that transcends the anthropocentric, engaging a cognition envisioned as embodied, collective, and relational. Ecofictions, Ecorealities and Slow Violence measures the breadth of creative imaginings and critical strategies from Latin America and Latinx contexts to enrich contemporary ecocritical studies in an era of heightened environmental vulnerability.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Studies in World Literatures and the Environment
Release date:	November 2019
First published:	2020
Editors:	Ilka Kressner • Ana Maria Mutis • Elizabeth Pettinaroli
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	298
ISBN-13:	978-0-367-42671-2
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary theory Books > Professional & Technical > Environmental engineering & technology > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 19th century Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > Feminism
LSN:	0-367-42671-4
Barcode:	9780367426712

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