TY - JOUR
T1 - The Rosenberg video
T2 - Testimonio, theatricality and baroque politics in contemporary Guatemala
AU - Calderón Bentin, Sebastián
PY - 2014/7
Y1 - 2014/7
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Guatemala
KW - Rodrigo Rosenberg
KW - baroque
KW - testimonio
KW - theatricality
KW - video
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U2 - 10.1080/1070289X.2013.847372
DO - 10.1080/1070289X.2013.847372
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84905500283
SN - 1070-289X
VL - 21
SP - 364
EP - 379
JO - Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power
JF - Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power
IS - 4
ER -