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Water-Economic aspects. --- Water-Social aspects. --- Water-Symbolic aspects.
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Although fictional—and often fantastic—representations of nature have been a distinguishing feature of Latin American literature for centuries, ecocriticism, understood as the study of literature as it relates to depictions of the natural world, environmental issues, and the ways in which human beings interact and identify with their natural surroundings, did not emerge as a field of scholarly interest in the region until the end of the twentieth century. This volume employs an ecocritical lens in order to explore and question the use of the river imagery in Latino and Latin American literature from the colonial period to our modern world, creating a space in which to examine both its literal and figurative meanings, associated as much with processes of a personal nature as with those of the collective experience in the region. The slow, meandering streams of nostalgia, the raging currents of conflict or the stagnant waters of social decay are just a few of the ways in which the river has become an important symbol and inspiration to many of the region’s writers. This book offers a diverse collection of writings that, through a trans-historical and trans-geographical perspective, allows us, from the vantage point of the twenty-first century, to reflect on the rich and dynamic image of the river and, by extension, on the vital context of Latin/o America, its people and societies
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Everywhere in the world communities and nations organize themselves in relation to water. We divert water from rivers, lakes, and aquifers to our homes, workplaces, irrigation canals, and hydro-generating stations. We use it for bathing, swimming, recreation, and it functions as a symbol of purity in ritual performances. In order to facilitate and manage our relationship with water, we develop institutions, technologies, and cultural practices entirely devoted to its appropriation and distribution, and through these institutions we construct relations of class, gender, ethnicity, and nationality. Relying on first-hand ethnographic research, the contributors to this volume examine the social life of water in diverse settings and explore the impacts of commodification, urbanization, and technology on the availability and quality of water supplies. Each case study speaks to a local set of issues, but the overall perspective is global, with representation from all continents.
Water --- Eau --- Social aspects. --- Symbolic aspects. --- Economic aspects. --- Aspect social --- Aspect symbolique --- Aspect économique --- Social aspects --- Symbolic aspects --- Economic aspects --- Water - Social aspects --- Water - Symbolic aspects --- Water - Economic aspects
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History of the Low Countries --- Iconography --- anno 500-1499 --- Rijnland --- Art médiéval --- Belgique --- België --- Iconografie --- Iconographie --- Littérature médiévale --- Middeleeuwse kunst --- Middeleeuwse letterkunde --- Nederland --- Pays-Bas --- Fountains in art. --- Fountains in literature. --- Water --- Dutch literature --- Fontaines dans l'art --- Fontaines dans la littérature --- Eau --- Littérature néerlandaise --- Religious aspects. --- Symbolic aspects. --- Aspect religieux --- Aspect symbolique --- Art, Netherlandish. --- 246.5 --- 091.31:7.04 --- Academic collection --- 839.3 "04/14" --- Emblematiek. Iconologie. Christelijke iconografie. Dodendans --- Verluchte handschriften: iconografie --- Nederlandse literatuur--Middeleeuwen --- 839.3 "04/14" Nederlandse literatuur--Middeleeuwen --- 091.31:7.04 Verluchte handschriften: iconografie --- 246.5 Emblematiek. Iconologie. Christelijke iconografie. Dodendans --- Fontaines dans la littérature --- Littérature néerlandaise --- Art, Netherlandish --- Fountains in art --- Fountains in literature --- Water (in religion, folk-lore, etc.) --- Netherlandish art --- Symbolic aspects of water --- Symbolism --- Religious aspects --- Symbolic aspects --- Water - Religious aspects. --- Water - Symbolic aspects. --- Dutch literature - To 1500.
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