Vol. 31 (2026): Humanimal Alliances in the Anthropocene Era

This 31st issue of Monteagudo: Journal of Spanish, Latin American, and Comparative Literature, presents a special issue dedicated to "Human-animal Alliances in the Anthropocene Era," coordinated by researchers Marta F. Extremera, Sergio Rosas Romero, and Jesús Montoya Juárez. The works published in the MONOGRAPHIC SECTION explore the animal turn in Hispanic culture, investigating how 21st-century literature and art in Spain and Latin America thematize a whole series of animal presences and relationships between humans and non-humans, which are undoubtedly acquiring new meaning today in a context of anthropogenic, ecological, and planetary crisis. The texts and works read by the academics participating in this special issue, all with extensive experience in the field of ecocritical studies, express a wide range of human-animal bonds and identities. They emphasize survival, friendship, revenge, conspiracy, support, empathy, rebellion, and other themes, offering an artistic response to the current ecosocial crisis by promoting a post-anthropocentric decentering in critical dialogue with the paradigms of the Androcene/Anthropocene/Capitalocene. The journal also includes a VARIA section, featuring works accepted during the past year, and its regular REVIEWS section, with reviews of academic books previously submitted to the journal. The cover of this issue was created by the Brazilian artist Jonathas de Andrade, to whom we extend our sincere gratitude for his kind permission to use the image.