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Author Polit Dueñas, Gabriela, author

Title Unwanted witnesses : journalists & conflict in contemporary Latin America / Gabriela Polit Dueñas
Published Pittsburg : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2019]
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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 161 pages)
Contents Writing suffering: Cronistas and their trade -- Falling into silence: the work of Patricia Nieto -- A phenomenology of affects: Marcela Turati -- The case of Jùrez: Sandra Rodriguez Nieto -- Motherhood and the disappearing of the disappeared: Daniela Rea's Cr̤nicas -- The lawsuits of the crimes against humanity: Mar̕a Eugenia Luduęa -- The paradoxes of beautiful journalism: Patricia Nieto's Los escogidos
Summary Gabriela Polit Dueñas analyzes the work of five narrative journalists from three countries. Marcela Turati, Daniela Rea, and Sandra Rodriguez from Mexico, Patricia Nieto from Colombia, and María Eugenia Ludueña from Argentina produce compelling literary works, but also work under dangerous, intense conditions. What drives and shapes their stories are their affective responses to the events and people they cover. The book offers an insightful analysis of the emotional challenges, the stress and traumatic conditions journalists face when reporting on the region's most pressing problems. It combines ethnographic observations of the journalists' work, textual analysis, and a theoretical reflection on the ethical dilemmas journalists confront on a daily basis. Unwanted Witnesses puts forward a necessary discussion about the place contemporary journalists occupy in the field of production, and how the risks they run speak directly about the limits of our democracies
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Journalists -- Latin America
Political violence -- Latin America
HISTORY -- General.
Journalists
Political violence
Latin America
Genre/Form Informational works
Informational works.
Documents d'information.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780822987130
0822987139