Knowledge production and planetarity in the Latin American essay: an ecocritical reading of "Nuestra América" by José Martí

The quest for a genuinely Latin American identity was central to the continent’s independence movements and led to one of the most striking entanglements of identitarian discourses and nature narratives in the history of the Americas, namely the seminal essay "Nuestra América" by José Mart...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Stefan, Madalina
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2026
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Alcalá (UAH)
Repositorio:e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcalá
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:dnet:ebuahbibliot::15c26b88d57a048289754de8596ad50c
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10017/68922
https://dx.doi.org/10.37536/ECOZONA.2025.16.2.5265
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Ecocriticism
Planetarity
Knowledge production
Latin American essay
José Martí
Ecocrítica
Planetariedad
Producción de conocimiento
Ensayo latinoamericano
Literatura
Medio ambiente
Literature
Environmental science
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Sumario:The quest for a genuinely Latin American identity was central to the continent’s independence movements and led to one of the most striking entanglements of identitarian discourses and nature narratives in the history of the Americas, namely the seminal essay "Nuestra América" by José Martí. This article argues that "Nuestra América" should be understood as a vital example of decolonial, ecocritical knowledge production from the South, and examines how the essay conceptualises nature as a narrative that contests the anthropocentric, colonial exploitation of the environment and fosters a planetary vision of the human.