Songs of abundance and resistance: imaginaries of the sea in recent Mapuche and southern Chilean poetry

Abstract

This article analyzes the poetry of Lorenzo Aillapan, Leonel Lienlaf, Sergio Mansilla, and Rosabetty Muñoz, authors representative of two geographical and cultural spaces where the sea occupies a central place: the Lafken Mapu and Chiloé. It is proposed that their literature invites us to rethink and reimagine our way of connecting with the waters, highlighting both local cultural practices and the interactions and multiple life connections that unite people with the marine environment. By developing imaginaries of the sea of abundance and resistance, these writings promote its understanding as a living and contested biocultural territory.