ecocriticism in latin america

John Tallmadge and Henry Harrington provide in their introduction to Reading Under the Sign of Nature. New Essays in Ecocriticism ((2000) the following state of the art concerning these studies: "The field of ecocriticism has grown dramatically in the past few years. It now boasts a national organization, a journal, MLA affiliation, a proliferation of courses across the land, and a lengthening shelf of books-lengh studies." (ix) ////

This Home Page here intends to take the field's theories and practices to Latin American literature(s) & culture(s). Such an initiative does not obliterate neither a) the existence of an ongoing body of ecocritical knowledge and creativity already advanced by scholars and writers; b) nor that the region is a sort of local abstraction in a global context, which justifies the comparativist approach when necessary.