Ecocriticism and ecoanthropology

Abstract

The supposed interdisciplinariness which humanistic sciences, such as philology and anthropology, often claim remains, as often as not, in simple wordiness, particularly in the area of ecocriticism. Most specialists tend to ignore the techniques and methods of other disciplines, and therefore researchers lack the benefit which could come out of their intersection. The spanish case is clear; despite the fact that the Americanist anthropology which is practiced in Spain is clearly of an ecocritical bent, one does not perceive in debate forums or publications any encounters between philology and anthropology, whereas it seems to be increasingly necessary to bridge the gap between both.