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Despite growing ecological concerns and the rise of schools such as ecocriticism and ecofeminism, literary critics who call for an increased ecological awareness in literature and a greater appreciation for the genre of nature writing fail to take into account the rich vein to be found in Chicano literature, where nature and la tierra are central themes. One well-known example is the work of Rudolfo Anaya, whose initial trilogy won critical acclaim in part because of the mythic forces of his landscapes. However, his more recent Alburquerque Quartet, in which the latter three novels constitute a detective series, has failed to attract critical attention. This article illustrates how Anaya subverts the dominant cultural ethos in this quartet by hybridizing literary genres and proposing an alternative worldview, one in which nature is given a central role.

Imaginative Ecologies: Inspiring Change through the Humanities highlights the role literature and visual arts play in fostering sustainability. It weaves together contributions by international scholars, practitioners and environmental activists whose insights are brought together to illustrate how creative imaginations can inspire change. One of the most outstanding characteristic of this volume is its interdisciplinarity and its varied methods of inquiry. The field of environmental humanities is discussed together with ideas such as the role of the public intellectual and el buen vivir. Examples of ecofiction from the UK, the US and Spain are analysed while artistic practices aimed at raising awareness of the effects of the Anthropocene are presented as imaginative ways of reacting against climate change and rampant capitalism

Proceedings 31st AEDEAN Conference. 2008. María Jesús Lorenzo Modia. Ed. 889-898. A Coruña: Universidade. ISBN: 978-84-9749-278-2 ; [Abstract] Ecofeminism originated in political activism in the late 70s and 80s and only found its way into literary criticism in the 90s. Throughout human history, nature has constantly been feminized and women naturalized, particularly due to aspects of fertility and natural cycles. While some feminists reject this association of women and nature, others embraced the relationship between women and nature, based on the shared experience of oppression and domination. Ecofeminists highlight the conceptual connection between the domination of women and the domination of nature as being located in an oppressive and patriarchal conceptual framework characterized by a logic of domination. This round table pretends to analyze both ecofeminist literary theory and representative literary works. The panelists will discuss writers such as Ana Castillo, Alicia Gaspar de Alba and Octavia Butler. We will also show several photographs from the campaigns of the PETA organization and analyze them from an ecofeminist approach.