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Indianizing film : decolonization, the Andes, and the question of technology / Freya Schiwy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schiwy, Freya.
- Series:
- New directions in international studies.
- New directions in international studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of South America--Bolivia--Government relations.
- Indians of South America.
- Video recording in ethnology--Bolivia.
- Video recording in ethnology.
- Mass media--Political aspects--Bolivia.
- Mass media.
- Indians in mass media.
- Indian activists--Bolivia.
- Indian activists.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (296 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Aug 2020)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-266) and index.
- Includes fimography: p. [267]-271.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-09423-8
- 9786612094231
- 0-8135-4713-X
- OCLC:
- 609837447
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