The Rosenberg video: testimonio,theatricality and baroque politics in contemporary Guatemala |
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Authors: | Sebastián Calderón Bentin |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Theater &2. Performance Studies, Stanford University, 551 Serra Mall, Memorial Hall, Stanford, CA 94305-5010, USAsscb@stanford.edu |
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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. |
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Keywords: | Rodrigo Rosenberg video theatricality testimonio Guatemala baroque |
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