Mapuche broadcasting in Gulumapu (Chile): issues and formats for disputing self-representation

Latin American indigenous peoples have been not only marginalized and excluded, but also folklorized by social representation and omitted or distorted by mass media. Radio broadcasting, however, has been a powerful tool with which native peoples have disseminated their own identities and arguments,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Villagrán Muñoz, Claudia
Formato: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Universidad de Chile. Instituto de la Comunicación e Imagen 2015
Acceso en línea:https://comunicacionymedios.uchile.cl/index.php/RCM/article/view/35968
http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/78659
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Sumario:Latin American indigenous peoples have been not only marginalized and excluded, but also folklorized by social representation and omitted or distorted by mass media. Radio broadcasting, however, has been a powerful tool with which native peoples have disseminated their own identities and arguments, in a clear symbolic collective actions of self-representation that reflect their cultures and oralities. The Mapuche people of Gulumapu has been no exception. This article presents the issues and formats that Mapuche broadcasters have used to challenge the dominant narratives in Chilean mass media.