Abstract
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.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 364-379 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Journal | Identities |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 2014 |
Keywords
- Guatemala
- Rodrigo Rosenberg
- baroque
- testimonio
- theatricality
- video
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Cultural Studies
- Anthropology
- Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)