Indigenous media and political imaginaries in contemporary Bolivia /

"Gabriela Zamorano Villarreal examines the political dimension of indigenous media production and distribution as a means by which indigenous organizations articulate new claims on national politics in Bolivia, a country experiencing one of the most notable cases of social mobilization and indi...

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Main Authors: Zamorano, Gabriela
Published: University of Nebraska Press,
Publisher Address: Lincoln, Nebraska :
Publication Dates: [2017]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Summary: "Gabriela Zamorano Villarreal examines the political dimension of indigenous media production and distribution as a means by which indigenous organizations articulate new claims on national politics in Bolivia, a country experiencing one of the most notable cases of social mobilization and indigenous-based constitutional transformation in contemporary Latin America. Based on fieldwork in Bolivia from 2005 to 2007, Zamorano Villarreal details how grassroots indigenous media production has been instrumental to indigenous political demands for a Constituent Assembly and for implementing the new
Carrier Form: xxiv, 336 pages : illustrations, map, forms ; 24 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-318) and index.
ISBN: 9780803296879 (hardback : alkaline paper) :
0803296878 (hardback : alkaline paper)
Index Number: F3320
CLC: D777.962
Call Number: D777.962/Z25
Contents: Past insurrections, imagined futures -- The Plan Nacional, a process of indigenous communication -- Indigenous media makers as political subjects -- The political possibilities of fiction -- Disputes for indigeneity -- Narrative and aesthetics -- Politics of distribution -- Conclusions.