Breaking the spell : a history of anarchist filmmakers, videotape guerrillas, and digital ninjas / Chris Robé.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Robé, Chris, 1972- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Radicalism in mass media.

Mass media--Political aspects--History.

Mass media.

Social movements.

Citizen journalism.

Mass media--Political aspects.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

x, 469 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Oakland, CA : PM Press, [2017]

Summary:

'Breaking the Spell' offers the first full-length study that charts the historical trajectory of anarchist-inflected video activism from the late 1960s to the present. Video plays an increasingly important role among activists in the growing global resistance against neoliberal capitalism. Chris Robe's book fills in historical gaps by bringing to light unexplored video activist groups. This groundbreaking study also deepens our understanding of movements like AIDS video activism, Paper Tiger Television and Indymedia by situating them within a wider context of radical video activism.

Contents:

Introduction : the emergence of video activism

Autonomous rebellions : the twilight of Leninism, film, and unions

Video guerrillas, eco-media, and exodus

Action=life : AIDS video activism, the Gulf crisis, and satellite distribution

From the forests to the streets : eco-video activism and Indymedia

Forging into the twenty-first century : meme creation and community-based organizations

Video ninjas and the work of Franklin López

Conclusion : future occupations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-459) and index.

ISBN:

9781629632339

1629632333

OCLC:

945358194

Publisher Number:

90103128769