Aquatic Environments

Rebecca Seewald

ISBN 10: 3837675076 / ISBN 13: 9783837675078

Published by Transcript Verlag, DE, 2025

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From pre-Columbian times till today, human interventions in aquatic environments have been shaping the geopolitics of Latin America. The contributors to this volume examine the relationship between water and politics in Latin America via readings of fiction and poetry by both renowned and upcoming writers. Through close literary analysis, they demonstrate how water functions as a medium for narrating submerged histories and for unsettling (post)colonial assumptions. The volume reveals literary strategies that make it possible to share knowledge about other ways of organizing life in aquatic environments.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Aquatic Environments
• Publisher: Transcript Verlag, DE
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3837675076
• ISBN 13: 9783837675078
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

From pre-Columbian times till today, human interventions in aquatic environments have been shaping the geopolitics of Latin America. The contributors to this volume examine the relationship between water and politics in Latin America via readings of fiction and poetry by both renowned and upcoming writers. Through close literary analysis, they demonstrate how water functions as a medium for narrating submerged histories and for unsettling (post)colonial assumptions. The volume reveals literary strategies that make it possible to share knowledge about other ways of organizing life in aquatic environments.

About the Authors

Jun.-Prof. Dr. Bieke Willem lehrt Romanische Literaturwissenschaft an der
Universität zu Köln.

Rebecca Seewald (M.A.) ist Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Romanischen
Seminar der Universität zu Köln.