Indigenous Media and Political Imaginaries in Contemporary Bolivia
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| Rating | : | 4.72 (691 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0803296878 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 366 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-30 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Gabriela Zamorano Villarreal examines the political dimension of indigenous media production and distribution as a means by which indigenous organizations articulate new claims on national politics in Bolivia, a country experiencing one of the most notable cases of social mobilization and indigenous-based constitutional transformation in contemporary Latin America. Indigenous Media and Political Imaginaries in Contemporary Bolivia contributes a wholly new and original perspective on indigenous media worlds in Bolivia: the collaborative and decolonizing authorship of indigenous media against
“Indispensable reading for anyone interested in the social, political, and cultural transformations taking place in Bolivia at the beginning of the twenty-first century. A tremendously important contribution to the field.”—Freya Schiwy, author of Indianizing Film: Decolonization, the Andes, and the Question of Technology