{"product_id":"9781683405573","title":"PRE-ORDER NOW Contesting the Climate Unthinkable : Latin American Cultural Responses to a Warming World by Gianfranco Selgas","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e PRE-ORDER NOW - Published: 06\/01\/2026 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExamining Latin American cultural works that rethink environmental change and natural catastrophesThis 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.   Drawing 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 R?o de la Plata, Mapuche poetry and dance in protest of terricidio, 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.   The 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.  Publication of this work made possible by a Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.   Contributors: Paul Merchant   Igor Barreto   Ken Benson   Victoria Saramago   Jos? Carlos D?az Zanelli   Andr?s Obando   Jasmin Belmar Shagulian   Patrick Brock   Gianfranco Selgas   Sebastian Wiedemann   Roberto Roabilnho   Azucena Castro   Emily Baker   Montserrat Madariaga-Caro   Allison Mackey \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56369120543093,"sku":"9781683405573","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781683405573.jpg?v=1763552149","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781683405573","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}