Unwanted Witnesses Journalists and Conflict in Contemporary Latin America / Gabriela Polit Dueñas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Polit Dueñas, Gabriela, Author.

Series:

Illuminations (Pittsburgh, Pa.)

Illuminations, cultural formations of the Americas series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Informational works.

Political violence.

Journalists.

Political violence--Latin America.

Journalists--Latin America.

Latin America.

Genre:

Informational works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 161 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2021

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh, Pa University of Pittsburgh Press [2019]

Summary:

Gabriela Polit Dueñas analyzes the work of five narrative journalists from three countries. Marcela Turati, Daniela Rea, and Sandra Rodriguez from Mexico, Patricia Nieto from Colombia, and María Eugenia Ludueña from Argentina produce compelling literary works, but also work under dangerous, intense conditions. What drives and shapes their stories are their affective responses to the events and people they cover. The book offers an insightful analysis of the emotional challenges, the stress and traumatic conditions journalists face when reporting on the region's most pressing problems. It combines ethnographic observations of the journalists' work, textual analysis, and a theoretical reflection on the ethical dilemmas journalists confront on a daily basis. Unwanted Witnesses puts forward a necessary discussion about the place contemporary journalists occupy in the field of production, and how the risks they run speak directly about the limits of our democracies.

Contents:

Writing suffering: Cronistas and their trade

Falling into silence: the work of Patricia Nieto

A phenomenology of affects: Marcela Turati

The case of Jùrez: Sandra Rodriguez Nieto

Motherhood and the disappearing of the disappeared: Daniela Rea's Cr̤nicas

The lawsuits of the crimes against humanity: Mar̕a Eugenia Luduęa

The paradoxes of beautiful journalism: Patricia Nieto's Los escogidos

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from pdf title page (EBSCO, viewed on July 15, 2021).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-160) and index.

ISBN:

9780822987130

0822987139

OCLC:

1121453178