The Environmental Imaginary in Brazilian Poetry and Art

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-349-48152-1
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 191 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 2631 g

Reihe: Literatures, Cultures, and the Environment

This study contributes to ongoing discussions on the connections between the environmental imaginary and issues of identity, place and nation. Utilizing a delimited ecocritical approach, McNee puts Brazilian culture, through the work of contemporary poets and visual artists, into a broader, transnational dialogue.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

McNee, M.

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Lyrik und Dichter
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur Amerikanische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturtheorie: Poetik und Literaturästhetik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Land that Seemed to Us Quite Vast 1. Ecopoetry and Earth Art: Theoretical Orientations and Brazilian Inflections 2. Manoel de Barros and Astrid Cabral: Between Backyard Swamps and the Cosmos 3. Sérgio Medeiros and Josely Vianna Baptista: Meta-Landscape and the (Re)Turn of the Native 4. Frans Krajcberg and Bené Fonteles: Art, Anti-Art, and Environmentalist Engagement 5. Lia do Rio and Nuno Ramos: The Art of Nature Estranged Epilogue: Notes from the Creative Margins of Rio+20

Über Autor(innen)

Malcolm K. McNee is an Assistant Professor of Spanish and Portuguese at Smith College, USA.