The Open Invitation
Activist Video, Mexico, and the Politics of Affect
Nonfiction, History, Americas, Mexico
| Author: | Freya Schiwy | ISBN: | 9780822986676 |
| Publisher: | University of Pittsburgh Press | Publication: | April 30, 2019 |
| Imprint: | University of Pittsburgh Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Freya Schiwy |
| ISBN: | 9780822986676 |
| Publisher: | University of Pittsburgh Press |
| Publication: | April 30, 2019 |
| Imprint: | University of Pittsburgh Press |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
