'Another World, Another Self': Oppositional Environmentalism and Latinx Art

by Lerma, Marie Elizabeth

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Although Latinx communities are highly concerned with the environment, there is a lack of scholarship on Latinx environmentalism. Mainstream environmentalism is founded on a history of colonialism and racism, and thus this dissertation argues that Latinx communities have an environmentalism that is oppositional to the mainstream by acknowledging histories of colonialism and white supremacy. With growing concern about climate crisis in the public eye, this dissertation examines various types of …

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Although Latinx communities are highly concerned with the environment, there is a lack of scholarship on Latinx environmentalism. Mainstream environmentalism is founded on a history of colonialism and racism, and thus this dissertation argues that Latinx communities have an environmentalism that is oppositional to the mainstream by acknowledging histories of colonialism and white supremacy. With growing concern about climate crisis in the public eye, this dissertation examines various types of Latinx creative expression, from music and poetry to photography and jewelry making, in order to explore oppositional environmentalism among Latinx communities. One musician, Lido Pimienta, constructs an embodied sense of environmentalism in her music videos, speeches, and performances that is built on her own experiences, and the history of her Afro-Indigenous communities. Young Latinx reporters and photographers for small regional presses in California use their photography and essays to present an alternative foundation for fighting drought conditions--one that is a critique of a capitalist view of water as a resource. The comics of Breena Nuñez center Afro-Latinx queer people while imagining a different world where environmentalism rejects environmental fascism wholeheartedly. Finally, interviews with artists April Montiel and Aideed Medina discuss the importance of art in environmentalism, and the role the creative process has in fighting for a better future.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2020

Thesis Information

  • Degree:Ph.D.
  • University:The Ohio State University
  • Advisor/Supervisor:Latorre, Guisela
  • Pages:149

Publication Statements

  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2020

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  • proquest:2612072865

Subjects

eng Environmental Studies Environmentalism Ethnic studies Feminist environmentalism Gender studies Latina feminism Latinx art Latinx environmentalism Latinx feminism PDF

Writers

Lerma, Marie Elizabeth Latorre, Guisela

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