Aquatic Environments - Literary Hydropolitics in Latin America

From pre-Columbian times till today, human interventions in aquatic environments have been shaping the geopolitics of Latin America. The contributors to this volume examine the relationship between water and politics in Latin America via readings of fiction and poetry by both renowned and upcoming writers. Through close literary analysis, they demonstrate how water functions as a medium for narrating submerged histories and for unsettling (post)colonial assumptions. The volume reveals literary strategies that make it possible to share knowledge about other ways of organizing life in aquatic environments.

About the author

Jun.-Prof. Dr. Bieke Willem lehrt Romanische Literaturwissenschaft an derUniversität zu Köln.Rebecca Seewald (M.A.) ist Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am RomanischenSeminar der Universität zu Köln.

Product details

• Assisted by: Seewald (Editor), Rebecca Seewald (Editor), Bieke Willem (Editor)
• Publisher: Transcript
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.07.2025
• EAN: 9783837675078
• ISBN: 978-3-8376-7507-8
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 17 mm x 226 mm
• Weight: 438 g
• Illustrations: 5 Farbabb.
• Series: Literary Ecologies; Literary Ecologies 6
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Humanities (general); Sustainability, Literature, Literary Studies, Media Studies, Sociology, Latin America, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, Globalization, History: specific events & topics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, Cultural Studies, Nature, PHILOSOPHY / General, America, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, HISTORY / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Environmental Economics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, Social interaction, HISTORY / Social History, Water, Philosophy, Social & cultural history, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / French, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / History, Ecology, General & world history, Political science & theory, Ethics & moral philosophy, Anthropocene, Social impact of environmental issues, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, French Literature, Spanish Literature, Gender studies, gender groups, History of engineering & technology, Human Geography, Sociology and anthropology, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, Film Theory & Criticism, Philosophy and psychology, Culture and institutions, Factors affecting social behavior, Social processes, Economics of land and energy, Macroeconomics and related topics, International migration and colonization, Groups of people, Political science (Politics and government), History, geography, and auxiliary disciplines, Literature (Belles-lettres) and rhetoric, History, geographic treatment, biography, Public performances, Other ethical norms