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Ecologies of Resistance

Arts, Activism, and Transdisciplinary Futures in Latin America and the Latinx Worlds

by Ilka Kressner, Ana María Mutis, Professor Elizabeth Marcela Pettinaroli, Josué Chavajay Quincaín, Giovanna Montenegro, Katja Cecchetti-Higgins, Alejandra Olarte, Cordelia E. Barrera0, Alethia Alfonso-García1, Diana Aldrete2, Silvia Mejía3, Juan G. Ramos4, María Mercedes Andrade5, Victoria Saramago6, Victoria L. Garrett7, Tiffany D. Creegan Miller8, Jorge Marcone9 ...

Reframing traditional conceptions of ecologyEcologies of Resistance brings together fourteen groundbreaking studies on Latin American and Latinx writing, visual and performing arts, film, and activism that propose alternatives to prevailing colonial and neocolonial conceptions of ecology. The contributors question the artificially imposed separation of the human and nonhuman, human dominance over ... Read more

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Reframing traditional conceptions of ecologyEcologies of Resistance brings together fourteen groundbreaking studies on Latin American and Latinx writing, visual and performing arts, film, and activism that propose alternatives to prevailing colonial and neocolonial conceptions of ecology. The contributors question the artificially imposed separation of the human and nonhuman, human dominance over
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The Extractive Zone

Social Ecologies and Decolonial Perspectives

by Macarena Gómez-Barris ...

Series series Dissident Acts
In The Extractive Zone Macarena Gómez-Barris traces the political, aesthetic, and performative practices that emerge in opposition to the ruinous effects of extractive capital. The work of Indigenous activists, intellectuals, and artists in spaces Gómez-Barris labels extractive zones—majority indigenous regions in South America noted for their biodiversity and long history of exploitative natural ... Read more

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In The Extractive Zone Macarena Gómez-Barris traces the political, aesthetic, and performative practices that emerge in opposition to the ruinous effects of extractive capital. The work of Indigenous activists, intellectuals, and artists in spaces Gómez-Barris labels extractive zones—majority indigenous regions in South America noted for their biodiversity and long history of exploitative natural
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Our Sacred Maíz Is Our Mother

Indigeneity and Belonging in the Americas

by Roberto Cintli Rodríguez ...

“If you want to know who you are and where you come from, follow the maíz.” That was the advice given to author Roberto Cintli Rodriguez when he was investigating the origins and migrations of Mexican peoples in the Four Corners region of the United States.Follow it he did, and his book Our Sacred Maíz Is Our Mother changes the way we look at Mexican Americans. Not so much peoples created as a ... Read more

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“If you want to know who you are and where you come from, follow the maíz.” That was the advice given to author Roberto Cintli Rodriguez when he was investigating the origins and migrations of Mexican peoples in the Four Corners region of the United States.Follow it he did, and his book Our Sacred Maíz Is Our Mother changes the way we look at Mexican Americans. Not so much peoples created as a
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Planetary Longings

by Mary Louise Pratt ...

Series series Dissident Acts
In Planetary Longings eminent cultural theorist Mary Louise Pratt posits that the last decade of the twentieth century and the first decades of the twenty-first mark a turning point in the human and planetary condition. Examining the forces of modernity, neoliberalism, coloniality, and indigeneity in their pre- and postmillennial forms, Pratt reflects on the crisis of futurity that accompanies the ... Read more

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In Planetary Longings eminent cultural theorist Mary Louise Pratt posits that the last decade of the twentieth century and the first decades of the twenty-first mark a turning point in the human and planetary condition. Examining the forces of modernity, neoliberalism, coloniality, and indigeneity in their pre- and postmillennial forms, Pratt reflects on the crisis of futurity that accompanies the
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A Contested Caribbean Indigeneity

Language, Social Practice, and Identity within Puerto Rican Taíno Activism

by Sherina Feliciano-Santos ...

Series series Critical Caribbean Studies
A Contested Caribbean Indigeneity is an in-depth analysis of the debates surrounding Taíno/Boricua activism in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean diaspora in New York City. Drawing on in-depth ethnographic research, media analysis, and historical documents, the book explores the varied experiences and motivations of Taíno/Boricua activists as well as the alternative fonts of authority they draw on to ... Read more

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A Contested Caribbean Indigeneity is an in-depth analysis of the debates surrounding Taíno/Boricua activism in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean diaspora in New York City. Drawing on in-depth ethnographic research, media analysis, and historical documents, the book explores the varied experiences and motivations of Taíno/Boricua activists as well as the alternative fonts of authority they draw on to
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Le Maya Q'atzij/Our Maya Word

Poetics of Resistance in Guatemala

by Emil’ Keme ...

Series series Indigenous Americas
Bringing to the fore the voices of Maya authors and what their poetry tells us about resistance, sovereignty, trauma, and regenerationIn 1954, Guatemala suffered a coup d’etat, resulting in a decades-long civil war. During this period, Indigenous Mayans were subject to displacement, disappearance, and extrajudicial killing. Within the context of the armed conflict and the postwar period in ... Read more

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Bringing to the fore the voices of Maya authors and what their poetry tells us about resistance, sovereignty, trauma, and regenerationIn 1954, Guatemala suffered a coup d’etat, resulting in a decades-long civil war. During this period, Indigenous Mayans were subject to displacement, disappearance, and extrajudicial killing. Within the context of the armed conflict and the postwar period in
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In Defense of Common Life

The Political Thought of Raquel Gutiérrez Aguilar

by Raquel Gutiérrez Aguilar ...

Translated by JD Pluecker ...

The essential political and theoretical work of one of Latin America’s most important contemporary theorists.Raquel Gutiérrez Aguilar is one of the foremost Latin American political thinkers. From armed Indigenous struggle in the Bolivian altiplano to the contemporary wave of feminist uprisings, Raquel Gutiérrez's life and work have spanned and spurred on some of the most important political ... Read more

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The essential political and theoretical work of one of Latin America’s most important contemporary theorists.Raquel Gutiérrez Aguilar is one of the foremost Latin American political thinkers. From armed Indigenous struggle in the Bolivian altiplano to the contemporary wave of feminist uprisings, Raquel Gutiérrez's life and work have spanned and spurred on some of the most important political
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Acoustic Colonialism

Acts of Mapuche Interference

by Luis E. Cárcamo-Huechante ...

Series series Dissident Acts
In Acoustic Colonialism, Luis E. Cárcamo-Huechante examines the role of sound in Chilean and Mapuche cultural production over the last two centuries. Cárcamo-Huechante theorizes sound as a territory of racial, patriarchal, and colonial hegemony as well as of Mapuche struggle, agency, and response to what he calls "acoustic colonialism." From the mid-nineteenth century to the present, Chilean ... Read more

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In Acoustic Colonialism, Luis E. Cárcamo-Huechante examines the role of sound in Chilean and Mapuche cultural production over the last two centuries. Cárcamo-Huechante theorizes sound as a territory of racial, patriarchal, and colonial hegemony as well as of Mapuche struggle, agency, and response to what he calls "acoustic colonialism." From the mid-nineteenth century to the present, Chilean
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Ecological Crisis and Cultural Representation in Latin America

Ecocritical Perspectives on Art, Film, and Literature

by Juanita C. Aristizábal, Ana Avalos, Mirian Carballo, Ida Day, Diana Dodson Lee, Simão Farias Almeida, Juan Carlos Galeano, Adrian Kane, Jeremy Larochelle, Diego Mejia-Prado, Kerstin Oloff, Abigail Pérez Aguilera, Marcela Reales, Herman Vladimir Ruíz Abecasis, María Victoria Sanchez, Lesley Wylie, Sharae Deckard ...

Series series Ecocritical Theory and Practice
Worldwide environmental crisis has become increasingly visible over the last few decades as the full scope of anthropogenic climate change manifests itself and large-scale natural resource extraction has expanded into formerly remote areas that seemed beyond the reach of industrialization. Scientists and popular culture alike have turned to the term "Anthropocene" to capture the global scale of ... Read more

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Worldwide environmental crisis has become increasingly visible over the last few decades as the full scope of anthropogenic climate change manifests itself and large-scale natural resource extraction has expanded into formerly remote areas that seemed beyond the reach of industrialization. Scientists and popular culture alike have turned to the term "Anthropocene" to capture the global scale of
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Indigenous Cosmolectics

Kab'awil and the Making of Maya and Zapotec Literatures

by Gloria Elizabeth Chacón ...

Series series Critical Indigeneities
Latin America’s Indigenous writers have long labored under the limits of colonialism, but in the late twentieth and twenty-first centuries, they have constructed a literary corpus that moves them beyond those parameters. Gloria E. Chacón considers the growing number of contemporary Indigenous writers who turn to Maya and Zapotec languages alongside Spanish translations of their work to challenge ... Read more

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Latin America’s Indigenous writers have long labored under the limits of colonialism, but in the late twentieth and twenty-first centuries, they have constructed a literary corpus that moves them beyond those parameters. Gloria E. Chacón considers the growing number of contemporary Indigenous writers who turn to Maya and Zapotec languages alongside Spanish translations of their work to challenge
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Global Issues in Contemporary Hispanic Women's Writing

Shaping Gender, the Environment, and Politics

Edited by Estrella Cibreiro, Francisca López ...

Series series Routledge Studies in Contemporary Literature
This collection explores the contributions of Hispanic women writers to ongoing Western debates on gender, power, ethics, and the environment, offering a wide range of essays that specifically portray the ways in which contemporary writers focus on issues of global impact in a deliberate and purposeful manner. The contributors analyze texts pertaining to all literary genres, examining a myriad of ... Read more

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This collection explores the contributions of Hispanic women writers to ongoing Western debates on gender, power, ethics, and the environment, offering a wide range of essays that specifically portray the ways in which contemporary writers focus on issues of global impact in a deliberate and purposeful manner. The contributors analyze texts pertaining to all literary genres, examining a myriad of
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Theorizing Folklore from the Margins

Critical and Ethical Approaches

by Solimar Otero, Mintzi Auanda Martínez-Rivera, Rachel V. González-Martin, Juan Eduardo Wolf, Miriam Melton-Villanueva, Sheila Bock, Rhonda R. Dass, Cheikh Tidiane Lo, Katherine Borland0, Itzel Guadalupe Garcia1, Mabel Cuesta2, Gloria M. Colom Braña3, Martin A. Tsang4, Xóchitl Chávez5, Cory W. Thorne6, Phyllis M. May-Machunda7, Alexander Fernández8 ...

Series series Activist Encounters in Folklore and Ethnomusicology
The study of folklore has historically focused on the daily life and culture of regular people, such as artisans, storytellers, and craftspeople. But what can folklore reveal about strategies of belonging, survival, and reinvention in moments of crisis?The experience of living in hostile conditions for cultural, social, political, or economic reasons has redefined communities in crisis. The ... Read more

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The study of folklore has historically focused on the daily life and culture of regular people, such as artisans, storytellers, and craftspeople. But what can folklore reveal about strategies of belonging, survival, and reinvention in moments of crisis?The experience of living in hostile conditions for cultural, social, political, or economic reasons has redefined communities in crisis. The
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