Politics of Representation: Art and Human Rights

The migration of images from public space (the street, protests or newspapers) to art spaces has been a recurring phenomenon in Latin American post-dictatorship art. This essay reflects on that process of migration in a series of contemporary art projects, analyzing how new and latent meanings of su...

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Autor: Giunta, Andrea Graciela
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2010
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
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Idioma:inglés
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Palabra clave:Representación
Derechos humanos
Arte
Política
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title Politics of Representation: Art and Human Rights
spellingShingle Politics of Representation: Art and Human Rights
Giunta, Andrea Graciela
Representación
Derechos humanos
Arte
Política
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.4
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6
title_short Politics of Representation: Art and Human Rights
title_full Politics of Representation: Art and Human Rights
title_fullStr Politics of Representation: Art and Human Rights
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title_sort Politics of Representation: Art and Human Rights
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Giunta, Andrea Graciela
author Giunta, Andrea Graciela
author_facet Giunta, Andrea Graciela
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Representación
Derechos humanos
Arte
Política
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.4
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6
topic Representación
Derechos humanos
Arte
Política
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.4
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6
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