Circuits of culture: media, politics, and indigenous identity in the Andes

Set against the background of BoliviaÕs prominent urban festival parades and the countryÕs recent appearance on the front lines of antiglobalization movements, Circuits of Culture is the first social analysis of Bolivian film and television, their circulation through the social and national landscape, and the emergence of the countryÕs indigenous video movement. At the heart of Jeff D. HimpeleÕs examination is an ethnography of the popular television program The Open Tribunal of the People. The indigenous and underrepresented majorities in La Paz have used the talk show to publicize their socia

Set against the background of BoliviaÕs prominent urban festival parades and the countryÕs recent appearance on the front lines of antiglobalization movements, Circuits of Culture is the first social analysis of Bolivian film and television, their circulation through the social and national landscape, and the emergence of the countryÕs indigenous video movement.At the heart of Jeff D. HimpeleÕs examination is an ethnography of the popular television program The Open Tribunal of the People. The indigenous and underrepresented majorities in La Paz have used the talk show to publicize their socia