Greening Black Metalthe ecoGothic aesthethics of Botanist’s lyrics

  1. Rivero Vadillo, Alejandro
Revue:
Ecozon@ [Ecozona]: European Journal of Literature, Culture and Environment

ISSN: 2171-9594

Année de publication: 2022

Titre de la publication: Hip hop ecologies

Volumen: 13

Número: 1

Pages: 106-124

Type: Article

DOI: 10.37536/ECOZONA.2022.13.1.4515 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_opene_Buah editor

D'autres publications dans: Ecozon@ [Ecozona]: European Journal of Literature, Culture and Environment

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Résumé

El "black metal" ecologista ha sido objeto de análisis liminal en la ecocrítica académica de la última década, aunque rara vez ha sido analizado desde la perspectiva de los estudios ecogóticos. El "black metal" de corte ambientalista ha tomado diversas formas ideológicas dependiendo de la época y lugar donde fue generado. En Estados Unidos, muchas bandas han explorado lo que Hunter Hunt-Hendrix llama “aesthethics”, un transcendentalismo afirmativo y nihilista expuesto a través de su estética, ascética y ética. Formaciones americanas como Botanist han sido normalmente analizadas como proyectos con temas con base en la ecología profunda, es decir, como bandas que muestran una Naturaleza sacralizada y un sentido humanístico nihilista que, por tanto, crean un acercamiento esencializado a las dinámicas Naturaleza/humanidad. Las letras de Botanist se caracterizan por la creación de una Naturaleza demoníaca/angelical, la cual está en permanente conflicto con la humanidad y sus actividades ecosistémicas. Observar esta narrativa a través del prisma de los estudios ecogóticos, no obstante, saca a la luz diferentes perspectivas sobre cómo la visión romantizada de la Naturaleza que imagina la banda acaba incluyendo a la humanidad y a “lo humano” como una parte vital en su configuración. Este artículo explora las formas en las que la estética ecogótica, la ética “chthulucénica” de Donna Haraway, y el sentido de espiritualidad material de Val Plumwood se encuentran conectadas en la lírica oscura de Botanist. El artículo subraya la importancia de la representación que Botanist hace de sus arquitecturas vegetales, la espiritualidad de “el mundo natural,” y las éticas ecologistas en torno a la figura de “El Botanista,” el protagonista de la narrativa de la banda, con el objetivo de desvelar cómo esta representación de lo natural no solo suscita una reflexión en la audiencia en torno a las ansiedades ambientales actuales, sino que también incita a buscar alternativas onto-éticas para entablar relaciones entre humanos y no humanos.

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