Literature Beyond the Human: Post-Anthropocentric Brazil (Routledge Studies in World Literatures and the Environment)

Synopsis

How can Clarice Lispector’s writings help us make sense of the Anthropocene? How does race intersect with the treatment of animals in the works of Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis? What can Indigenous philosopher and leader Ailton Krenak teach us about the relationship between environmental degradation and the production of knowledge? Literature Beyond the Human is the first collection of essays in English dedicated to an investigation of Brazilian literature from the viewpoint of the environmental humanities, animal studies, Anthropocene studies, and other critical and theoretical perspectives that question the centrality of the human. This volume includes 15 chapters by leading scholars covering two centuries of Brazilian literary production, from Gonçalves Dias to Astrid Cabral, from Euclides da Cunha to Davi Kopenawa, and others. By underscoring the vast theoretical potential of Brazilian literature and thought, from the influential Modernist thesis of “cultural cannibalism” (antropofagia) to the renewed interest in Amerindian perspectivism in culture. Post-Anthropocentric Brazil shows how the theoretical strength of Brazilian thought can contribute to contemporary debates in the anglophone realm.

Copyright:

2022

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Publisher Quality

Book Size:

250 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781000607130

Related ISBNs:

9781003243991, 9781032154008, 9781032153995

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

07/22/22

Copyrighted By:

selection and editorial matter, Luca Bacchini and Victoria Saramago

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

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No

Categories:

Literature and Fiction, Outdoors and Nature, Language Arts

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This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Luca Bacchini

Edited by:

Victoria Saramago