{"product_id":"contesting-the-climate-unthinkable-azucena-castro-9781683405528","title":"Contesting the Climate Unthinkable: Latin American Cultural Responses to a Warming World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExamining Latin American cultural works that rethink environmental change and natural catastrophes \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis\u003cbr\u003e volume explores Latin American cultural works from the twentieth and \u003cbr\u003etwenty-first centuries that reflect environmental changes brought on by \u003cbr\u003ecolonization, capitalism, and resource exploitation. Contributors \u003cbr\u003eexamine films, novels, photographs, and videos from the Caribbean, the \u003cbr\u003eSouthern Cone, the Andes, and the Amazon, showcasing how artists, \u003cbr\u003ewriters, and activists depict the scale and impact of ecological crises.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing from environmental humanities, decolonial \u003cbr\u003ethought, and Indigenous scholarship, this book examines how \u003cbr\u003erelationships with the nonhuman reshape human understandings of \u003cbr\u003eecological collapse and resilience. Contributors discuss movies on toxic\u003cbr\u003e waste in Chile and Bolivia, gothic elements in horror, art and mineral \u003cbr\u003eextraction in Venezuela, dystopian novels set in the Río de la Plata, \u003cbr\u003eMapuche poetry and dance in protest of \u003cem\u003eterricidio\u003c\/em\u003e, and utopias \u003cbr\u003ein Brazilian Afrofuturistic novels. They show how speculative fiction, \u003cbr\u003etestimonial narratives, experimental films, and site-specific \u003cbr\u003einstallations address environmental disasters, climate breakdown, and \u003cbr\u003eextractivism, revealing the colonial histories and economic structures \u003cbr\u003ethat underpin climate change. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe chapters in this book \u003cbr\u003eexamine artistic forms that amplify the voices of affected communities \u003cbr\u003eand envision more ethical futures rooted in regional cultures, \u003cbr\u003egeographies, and practices. Highlighting the significance of \u003cbr\u003eperspectives from the Global South, this volume broadens understandings \u003cbr\u003eof environmental justice and ways of rethinking planetary survival. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublication\u003cbr\u003e of this work made possible by a Sustaining the Humanities through the \u003cbr\u003eAmerican Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the \u003cbr\u003eHumanities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContributors: \u003c\/strong\u003ePaul\u003cbr\u003e Merchant Igor Barreto Ken Benson Victoria Saramago José Carlos \u003cbr\u003eDíaz Zanelli Andrés Obando Jasmin Belmar Shagulian Patrick Brock \u003cbr\u003e Gianfranco Selgas Sebastian Wiedemann Roberto Roabilnho Azucena \u003cbr\u003eCastro Emily Baker Montserrat Madariaga-Caro Allison Mackey\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Azucena Castro\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1683405528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781683405528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Florida Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/16\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Azucena Castro","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47520576569599,"sku":"9781683405528","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0c914110-a6ac-41e4-b034-403ffc86f698.jpg?v=1762885915","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/contesting-the-climate-unthinkable-azucena-castro-9781683405528","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}