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The Image of the River in Latin/o American Literature - Written in the Water (Hardcover)
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The Image of the River in Latin/o American Literature - Written in the Water (Hardcover)
Series: Ecocritical Theory and Practice
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Although fictional-and often fantastic-representations of nature
have been a distinguishing feature of Latin American literature for
centuries, ecocriticism, understood as the study of literature as
it relates to depictions of the natural world, environmental
issues, and the ways in which human beings interact and identify
with their natural surroundings, did not emerge as a field of
scholarly interest in the region until the end of the twentieth
century. This volume employs an ecocritical lens in order to
explore and question the use of the river imagery in Latino and
Latin American literature from the colonial period to our modern
world, creating a space in which to examine both its literal and
figurative meanings, associated as much with processes of a
personal nature as with those of the collective experience in the
region. The slow, meandering streams of nostalgia, the raging
currents of conflict or the stagnant waters of social decay are
just a few of the ways in which the river has become an important
symbol and inspiration to many of the region's writers. This book
offers a diverse collection of writings that, through a
trans-historical and trans-geographical perspective, allows us,
from the vantage point of the twenty-first century, to reflect on
the rich and dynamic image of the river and, by extension, on the
vital context of Latin/o America, its people and societies.
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