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Book SynopsisHispanic Ecocriticism finds a rich soil in the main topics of environmental concern in the literature of Latin America and Spain, not only as a source for renewing critical analysis and hermeneutics, but also for the benefit of global environmental awareness. In a renewed exchange of transatlantic relationships, Hispanic Ecocriticism intermingles Latin American ecocritical issues of interest — the oil industry; contamination of forests and rivers; urban ecologies; African, Andean, and Amazonian biocultural ecosystems — with those of interest in Spain — animal rights and the ecological footprints of human activity in contemporary narratives of eco-science fiction, in dystopias, and in literature inspired by natural or rural landscapes that conceal ways of life and cultures in peril of extinction.
Table of ContentsEcocriticism – Hispanism – Poetics of Breathing – Amazonian Studies – Latin American Gender Studies – Literature of the Enlightenment – Pluriculturalism – Spanish Contemporary Narrative – Latin American Studies – Animal Studies – Petrofiction – Maya Poetry – Cuban Literature – Víctor Montejo – Juan José Saer – Urban Ecology – Hispanic Literature.
