The Insubordination of Photography: Documentary Practices under Chile's Dictatorship

Author:   Ángeles Donoso Macaya
Publisher:   University Press of Florida
ISBN:  

9781683401117


Pages:   268
Publication Date:   30 January 2020
Format:   Hardback
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The Insubordination of Photography is the first book to analyze how various collectives, organizations, and independent media used photography to expose and protest the crimes of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet's regime. Featuring never-before-seen photos and other archival material, this book reflects on the integral role of images in public memory and issues of reparation and justice.

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Author:   Ángeles Donoso Macaya
Publisher:   University Press of Florida
Imprint:   University Press of Florida
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.553kg
ISBN:  

9781683401117


ISBN 10:   1683401115
Pages:   268
Publication Date:   30 January 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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Through a series of emblematic case studies, the book makes a powerful argument about the multi-faceted visual and social impact of photography under repressive rule. . . . Its immense value lies in the way [Donoso Macaya] traces the social history of photographers who pushed the performative dimension of photography to challenge the dictatorship in various forms. --Journal of Social History


Through a series of emblematic case studies, the book makes a powerful argument about the multi-faceted visual and social impact of photography under repressive rule. . . . Its immense value lies in the way [Donoso Macaya] traces the social history of photographers who pushed the performative dimension of photography to challenge the dictatorship in various forms. --Journal of Social History A valuable addition to the literature examining the social construction and performativity of images as well as the use of photography as a civil practice, areas that are essential to understanding the political uses and consequences of protest photography. --The Americas Este ti tulo es pionero al analizar co mo diferentes colectivos sociales, organizaciones y prensa independiente usaron una serie de medios visuales documentales, archivi sticos y creativos para protestar sobre los cri menes de la dictadura, exponer la violencia estatal y desafiar la censura del re gimen autoritario de Augusto Pinochet entre 1973 y 1990 en Chile. --Iberoamericana


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Ángeles Donoso Macaya, associate professor of Spanish at Borough of Manhattan Community College/CUNY, is coeditor of Latinas/os on the East Coast: A Critical Reader.

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