Indianizing film : decolonization, the Andes, and the question of technology - Schiwy, Freya (New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2009)
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
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
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English
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-266) and index.
Includes fimography: p. [267]-271.
Keywords: Indians of South America -- Bolivia -- Government relations; Video recording in ethnology -- Bolivia; Mass media -- Political aspects -- Bolivia; Indians in mass media; Indian activists -- Bolivia