The open invitation : activist video, Mexico, and the politics of affect /

Schiwy, Freya,

The open invitation : activist video, Mexico, and the politics of affect / Activist video, Mexico, and the politics of affect Freya Schiwy. - Pittsburgh, Pa : University of Pittsburgh Press, (c)2019. - 1 online resource (xiv, 282 pages) : illustrations. - Illuminations: cultural formations of the Americas series .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One: Subjectification beyond the Public Sphere: Video Networks and Un poquito de tanta verdad (2007); Chapter Two: Visions of Commune and Comunalidad: Resolutivos del Foro Indígena (2006) and Caracoles: New Paths of Resistance (2003); Chapter Three: Thresholds of the Visible: Activist Video and the Question of Aesthetics; Chapter Four: Rage, Joy, and Decolonial Affect: ¡VivaMéxico! (2010) and Un tren muy grande que se llama la Otra Campa a (2006) Coda: Open Endings, or, Who's Laughing Now? Humor and Collaborative Video in Indigenous LanguagesNotes; Bibliography; Filmography; Index

"The Open Invitation explores the relationship between prefigurative politics and activist video. Schiwy analyzes activist videos from the 2006 uprising in Oaxaca, the Zapatista's Other Campaign, as well as collaborative and community video from the Yucatán. Schiwy argues that transnational activist videos and community videos in indigenous languages reveal collaborations and that their political impact cannot be grasped through the concept of the public sphere. Instead, she places these videos in dialogue with recent efforts to understand the political with communality, a mode of governance articulated in indigenous struggles for autonomy, and with cinematic politics of affect.--Provided by publisher.



9780822986676


Digital media--Political aspects--Mexico--Oaxaca (State)
Mass media and culture--History.--Mexico
Mass media--Political aspects--History.--Mexico


Electronic Books.

HM851 / .O646 2019