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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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
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10017/68922
https://dx.doi.org/10.37536/ECOZONA.2025.16.2.5265
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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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spelling Knowledge production and planetarity in the Latin American essay: an ecocritical reading of "Nuestra América" by José MartíStefan, MadalinaEcocriticismPlanetarityKnowledge productionLatin American essayJosé MartíEcocríticaPlanetariedadProducción de conocimientoEnsayo latinoamericanoLiteraturaMedio ambienteLiteratureEnvironmental scienceThe 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.La búsqueda de una identidad genuinamente latinoamericana fue fundamental para los movimientos independentistas del continente y dio lugar a uno de los entrelazamientos más destacados entre discursos identitarios y narrativas sobre la naturaleza: el ensayo seminal "Nuestra América" de José Martí. El presente artículo sostiene que "Nuestra América" debe entenderse como un ejemplo central de producción de conocimiento ecocrítico decolonial desde el Sur, y examina cómo el ensayo conceptualiza la naturaleza como una narrativa que denuncia la explotación colonial antropocéntrica del medio ambiente y fomenta una visión planetaria de lo humano.Universidad de Alcalá20262026-01-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501NAhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_be7fb7dd8ff6fe43info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10017/68922https://dx.doi.org/10.37536/ECOZONA.2025.16.2.5265reponame:e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcaláinstname:Universidad de Alcalá (UAH)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:dnet:ebuahbibliot::15c26b88d57a048289754de8596ad50c2026-06-18T11:13:07Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Knowledge production and planetarity in the Latin American essay: an ecocritical reading of "Nuestra América" by José Martí
title Knowledge production and planetarity in the Latin American essay: an ecocritical reading of "Nuestra América" by José Martí
spellingShingle Knowledge production and planetarity in the Latin American essay: an ecocritical reading of "Nuestra América" by José Martí
Stefan, Madalina
Ecocriticism
Planetarity
Knowledge production
Latin American essay
José Martí
Ecocrítica
Planetariedad
Producción de conocimiento
Ensayo latinoamericano
Literatura
Medio ambiente
Literature
Environmental science
title_short Knowledge production and planetarity in the Latin American essay: an ecocritical reading of "Nuestra América" by José Martí
title_full Knowledge production and planetarity in the Latin American essay: an ecocritical reading of "Nuestra América" by José Martí
title_fullStr Knowledge production and planetarity in the Latin American essay: an ecocritical reading of "Nuestra América" by José Martí
title_full_unstemmed Knowledge production and planetarity in the Latin American essay: an ecocritical reading of "Nuestra América" by José Martí
title_sort Knowledge production and planetarity in the Latin American essay: an ecocritical reading of "Nuestra América" by José Martí
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Stefan, Madalina
author Stefan, Madalina
author_facet Stefan, Madalina
author_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ecocriticism
Planetarity
Knowledge production
Latin American essay
José Martí
Ecocrítica
Planetariedad
Producción de conocimiento
Ensayo latinoamericano
Literatura
Medio ambiente
Literature
Environmental science
topic Ecocriticism
Planetarity
Knowledge production
Latin American essay
José Martí
Ecocrítica
Planetariedad
Producción de conocimiento
Ensayo latinoamericano
Literatura
Medio ambiente
Literature
Environmental science
description 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.
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