Illustrations ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xv
Introduction. Making Culture Visible: Indigenous Media in Mexico 1
Part 1. Broader Contexts for Situating Video Indígena
1. Global and National Contexts of Video Indígena 25
2. Inventing Video Indígena: Transferring Audiovisual Media to Indigenous
Organizations and Communities 58
Part 2. Indigenous Media Organizations in Oaxaca
3. Regional Dimensions: Video Indígena beyond State Sponsorship 93
4. Dilemmas in Making Culture Visible: Achieving Community Embeddedness in
Tamazulapam del Espíritu Santo, Mixe 130
Part 3. Points of Comparison
5. Revolutionary Indigenous Media: The Chiapas Media Project/Promedios 177
6. Conclusions: Indigenous Media on the International Stage 207
Notes 223
References 243
Index 261
