Author : Lisa Blackmore
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN 13 : 9781119531036
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (31 download)
Book Synopsis The Politics of Culture in the Chávez Era by : Lisa Blackmore
Download or read book The Politics of Culture in the Chávez Era written by Lisa Blackmore and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 2019-07-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume maps the trends in cultural policies and political cultures that accompanied Chávez’s four presidential terms (1999-2013) in twenty-first century Venezuela. Assesses the manifold impacts that the politics of chavismo had on the cultural sphere Maps key shifts and trends in cultural policies and political cultures that accompanied Chávez’s four presidential terms, situating these in the regional context of “Pink Tide” politics An ambitious, interdisciplinary volume offering a range of perspectives, from broad overviews of cultural and media policy, to close readings of varied aesthetic manifestations Encompasses conventional cultural products, such as recent film and literature, as well as engagements with cultural imaginaries that play out in political protest, urban culture, and grassroots heritage projects Examines how individual and collective imaginaries were negotiated and formed within, alongside or against the state with the advancement of the Bolivarian Revolution