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In "Subjunctive Aesthetics: Mexican Cultural Production in the Era of Climate Change," Carolyn Fornoff explores how Mexican filmmakers, visual artists, and literary authors use what she calls "subjunctive aesthetics" to imagine possibilities beyond extractivism in the face of climate change. Fornoff identifies three trends within subjunctive aesthetics: foreclosure, imagination, and entanglement, and analyzes the works of various cultural practitioners in Mexico. She acknowledges that some of these artists are funded by an extractivist economy but argues that their use of subjunctive aesthetics includes a recognition of implication and a reckoning with power structures. This book is a valuable contribution to Latin American ecocriticism and the environmental humanities. [Extracted from the article] |
