Carceral order, mediation, and representation: fiction and ethnography in a Venezuelan prison
The invitation from a group of Venezuelan prisoners to help them produce a fiction film about their daily lives granted the authors an insight on the “rutina,” the internal code shaping inmate’s self-ruling. The rutina is experienced differently by the leading figures of the internal order (that app...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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2021
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Carceral communities in Latin America
Year: 2021, Pages: 339-355 |
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| Summary: | The invitation from a group of Venezuelan prisoners to help them produce a fiction film about their daily lives granted the authors an insight on the “rutina,” the internal code shaping inmate’s self-ruling. The rutina is experienced differently by the leading figures of the internal order (that approved and shaped the film’s content) and those relegated to the bottom for transgressing these codes (screen writers, producers, and actors). Accompanying this creative exercise helps us understand the contradictions involved in the self- representation of the prison order and the stark violence that sustains it, as much as the tactical uses of the situation for each group involved. Contributing to methodological debates, this research reveals the challenges involved in using the device of fiction as ethnographic tool. |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 354-355 |
| ISBN: | 9783030614980 |
