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The Progressive Imaginary: Platforms, Intellectuals, and Celebrities in Post-Crisis Argentina

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The Progressive Imaginary: Platforms, Intellectuals, and Celebrities in Post-Crisis Argentina

Serpe, Joaquin (2023) The Progressive Imaginary: Platforms, Intellectuals, and Celebrities in Post-Crisis Argentina. PhD thesis, Concordia University.

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The Progressive Imaginary: Platforms, Intellectuals, and Celebrities in Post-Crisis Argentina, examines the way that broadcast, digital platforms, media ownership, and national policy shaped the rise of media icons in Argentine popular culture in the aftermath of the 2001 economic crisis. This research focuses on how public personalities utilize contemporary broadcast television and digital video to contest the social and economic exclusions produced by neoliberal policies. Combining industrial and aesthetic analysis with geopolitical and historical contextualization, I examine the effects of media platforms in circulating figures who have been largely unexamined in both Northern and Southern academic circles. I anchor this project with key case studies—pop philosopher Darío Sztajnszrajber, feminist comedian Malena Pichot, and the serial biopics of Carlos Monzón, Carlos Tévez, Diego Maradona, and Eva Perón—that demonstrate the savvy use of state-owned and private media by emerging public figures who work to disseminate a progressive worldview, specifically focused on wealth redistribution, women’s rights, and anti-authoritarianism. I argue that Argentina—both its history and contemporary politics—has been thoroughly reimagined as a protector and expander of human rights through this strategic use of digital media platforms. I show, ultimately, how contemporary media global streaming platforms functions to exploit the progressive worldview as commodity export for both domestic and foreign audiences.

Divisions:Concordia University > Faculty of Fine Arts > Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema
Item Type:Thesis (PhD)
Authors:Serpe, Joaquin
Institution:Concordia University
Degree Name:Ph. D.
Program:Film and Moving Image Studies
Date:7 July 2023
Thesis Supervisor(s):Neves, Joshua
ID Code:992762
Deposited By: JOAQUIN ALEJAND SERPE
Deposited On:15 Nov 2023 19:00
Last Modified:01 Aug 2024 00:00
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