{"product_id":"contesting-the-climate-unthinkable-latin-american-cultural-responses-to-a-warming-world-paperback","title":"Contesting the Climate Unthinkable: Latin American Cultural Responses to a Warming World - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAzucena Castro\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eGianfranco Selgas\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eKen Benson\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExamining Latin American cultural works that rethink environmental change and natural catastrophes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume explores Latin American cultural works from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries that reflect environmental changes brought on by colonization, capitalism, and resource exploitation. Contributors examine films, novels, photographs, and videos from the Caribbean, the Southern Cone, the Andes, and the Amazon, showcasing how artists, writers, and activists depict the scale and impact of ecological crises.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing from environmental humanities, decolonial thought, and Indigenous scholarship, this book examines how relationships with the nonhuman reshape human understandings of ecological collapse and resilience. Contributors discuss movies on toxic waste in Chile and Bolivia, gothic elements in horror, art and mineral extraction in Venezuela, dystopian novels set in the Río de la Plata, Mapuche poetry and dance in protest of \u003ci\u003eterricidio\u003c\/i\u003e, and utopias in Brazilian Afrofuturistic novels. They show how speculative fiction, testimonial narratives, experimental films, and site-specific installations address environmental disasters, climate breakdown, and extractivism, revealing the colonial histories and economic structures that underpin climate change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe chapters in this book examine artistic forms that amplify the voices of affected communities and envision more ethical futures rooted in regional cultures, geographies, and practices. Highlighting the significance of perspectives from the Global South, this volume broadens understandings of environmental justice and ways of rethinking planetary survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication of this work made possible by a Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributors: \u003c\/b\u003e Paul Merchant Igor Barreto Ken Benson Victoria Saramago José Carlos Díaz Zanelli Andrés Obando Jasmin Belmar Shagulian Patrick Brock Gianfranco Selgas Sebastian Wiedemann Roberto Roabilnho Azucena Castro Emily Baker Montserrat Madariaga-Caro Allison Mackey\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAzucena Castro\u003c\/b\u003e, assistant professor of Latin American cultural studies at Rice University, is the author of \u003ci\u003ePosnaturalezas poéticas: Pensamiento ecológico y políticas de la extrañeza en la poesía latinoamericana contemporánea\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eGianfranco Selgas\u003c\/b\u003e, British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at University College London, is the author of \u003ci\u003eRegionalismo ensamblado: Cultura, ecología política y extractivismos en Latinoamérica (1930-1940)\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eKen Benson\u003c\/b\u003e, emeritus professor of Spanish at Stockholm University, is the author of \u003ci\u003eLa subversión silente. Carmen Laforet: poética y hermenéutica\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.65 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 16, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45431952015462,"sku":"9781683405573","price":65.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/pnMJAAmv0J9781683405573.webp?v=1775818221","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/contesting-the-climate-unthinkable-latin-american-cultural-responses-to-a-warming-world-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}