| ID | 133590 |
| Title Proper | Rosenberg video |
| Other Title Information | testimonio, theatricality and baroque politics in contemporary Guatemala |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Bentin, Sebastián Calderon |
| Publication | 2014. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article focuses on the assassination of Guatemalan lawyer, Rodrigo Rosenberg, on 10 May 2009 and his videotaped accusation of the Colom administration, broadcast after his death. Rosenberg's self-produced video testimony, and the 'staging' of his own death, opens up questions about the role of testimonio and theatricality as modes of political address. I argue that the spectacular politics of the Rosenberg video, while drawing from the testimonio genre and incorporating electronic media, mark a return to a baroque conception of politics. |
| `In' analytical Note | Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power Vol.21, No.4; Aug.2014: p.364-379 |
| Journal Source | Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power Vol.21, No.4; Aug.2014: p.364-379 |
| Key Words | Baroque Politics ; Contemporary Politics ; Guatemala ; Latin America ; Rodrigo Rosenberg ; Theatricality ; Testimonio ; Baroque ; Electronic Media ; Political Address ; Colom Administration |