Ibero-American Ecocriticism: Cultural and Social Explorations

Ibero-American Ecocriticism explores the diverse social and physical geographies of the Americas, their political and cultural connections to the Iberian Peninsula, and their relationship to the environment through visual and plastic arts, poetic narratives, and cinematography by women. It offers original readings on the effects of societal views and struggles to protect and exploit the natural world.

Format: Hardback
Length: 228 pages
Publication date: 23 February 2024
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Ibero-American Ecocriticism: Cultural and Social Explorations offers a unique perspective on the diverse social and physical geographies of the Americas, their political and cultural connections to the Iberian Peninsula, and their relationship to the environment in its various representations. The book explores a wide range of topics, including myths and legends, poetics, young adult literature, arts and performance, and cinematography by women, all of which intersect through the chapters. The contributors provide original readings on the effects of societal views and struggles to protect and consciously exploit the natural world through visual and plastic arts, poetic narratives of social utopias/dystopias, and the nexus with ecology and social actors. The book's uniqueness lies in its geographical and cultural approach to the poetics of nature, its metaphorical and physical embodiment, place and geography through utopian and dystopian world recreation and representation, and its nexus with ecology and social actors.

Weight: 526g
Dimension: 236 x 159 x 24 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781666939354