20th century
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Anthropology
anti colonial study
audiovisual technology
Author_Freya Schiwy
Bolivia
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Colombia
communication networks
Communications
cultural heritage
cultural strengthening
culture
decolonial
Decolonization
decolonizing
development
diverse cultures
docudramas
economy
Ecuador
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Ethnic Studies
fiction shorts
FIlm
Freya Schiwy
gender
heritage
Hispanic American
Indianizing Film
indigenous communities
indigenous media
interaction
International
knowledge
Latin America
Latin American
Latin American Studies
mainstream images
media production
Media Studies
modernization
New Directions in International Studies
politics
power
preservation
racism
representation
Technology
the Andes
transnational activism
twenty-first century
Product details
- ISBN 9780813545400
- Weight: 482g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 22 Apr 2009
- Publisher: Rutgers University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Latin American indigenous media production has recently experienced a noticeable boom, specifically in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Colombia. Indianizing Film zooms in on a selection of award-winning and widely influential fiction and docudrama shorts, analyzing them in the wider context of indigenous media practices and debates over decolonizing knowledge. Within this framework, Freya Schiwy approaches 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 strengthen their cultures and express their own visions of development and modernization. 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.
FREYA SCHIWY is an assistant professor in the media and cultural studies and Hispanic studies departments at the University of California, Riverside.
