Naslov
Performativity of the disabled bodies in Violeta Ayala’s La Pelea

Autori
Županović, Mario

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Screen Studies Conference / - , 2021, 40-41

Skup
Screen Studies Conference

Mjesto i datum
Glasgow, Ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo, 25.06.2021. - 27.06.2021

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
disabled, protest, bodies, performativity, resilience

Sažetak
The paper discusses the performativity of the disabled bodies in La pelea, a documentary by Violeta Ayala from 2017. The film depicts the protest of the disabled people of Bolivia who walked or travelled by wheelchair for 35 days to reach the seat of Bolivian government in La Paz. La pelea is curious because of the topic: the protest of the disabled against the government. Although used as a political weapon, the protesting body is not only a symbol of the resistance, but a statement of resilience. Liminality of the disabled body set against the oppressor is overwhelming in La pelea because of the emotional stress on behalf of the disabled protestors but also because of the inevitable empathy or rage on behalf of the viewer. The disabled body constitutes the site of the resistance ; it becomes the subject/object of the political, social and performative struggle against the oppression, not in a sense of otherness but in a context of decolonising of the body from the discouraging position it has in Bolivian society. Performativity of the disabled body filmed in La pelea is an extraordinary one, it shows how far the oppressed and colonised body is from recognition

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

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