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Subject(s)

• Indigenous peoples of South America—Bolivia—Government relations [Browse]
• Video recording in ethnology—Bolivia [Browse]
• Mass media—Political aspects—Bolivia [Browse]
• Indians in mass media [Browse]
• Indian activists—Bolivia [Browse]
• Indigenous Studies [Browse]

Series

New directions in international studies. [More in this series]

Summary note

Focusing on films from Bolivia, Ecuador and Columbia, Indianizing Film encourages readers to consider how indigenous media contributes to a wider understanding of decolonization and anticolonial study against the universal backdrop of the twenty-first century. Through questions of gender, power, and representation Schiwy argues that, instead of solely creating entertainment, through their work indigenous media activists are building communication networks that encourage interaction between diverse cultures. As a result, mainstream images are retooled, permitting communities to str

Notes

Description based upon print version of record.

Bibliographic references

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-266) and index.
• Includes fimography: p. [267]-271.

Source of description

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Aug 2020)

Language note

English

Contents

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Question of Technology; 1: Indigenous Media and the Politics of Knowledge; 2: Casting New Protagonists; 3: Cinematic Time and Visual Economy; 4: Gender, Complementarity, and the Anticolonial Gaze; 5: Nature, Indians, and Epistemic Privilege; 6: Specters and Braided Stories; 7: Indigenous Media and the Market; Afterword; Notes; Bibliography; Filmography; Index; About the Author

ISBN

• 1-282-09423-8
• 9786612094231
• 0-8135-4713-X

OCLC

• 609837447
• 1191863901

Doi

• 10.36019/9780813547138

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