Jesus, Che, Luaty: On the Relationship between a Digital Picture and an Iconic Image in Political Iconography in Angola

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“…But it did produce what we could call a 'martyrising aura' around him, the idea that he was willing to sacrifice for a 'greater cause', the possibility of a 'different Angola'. In the meantime, unbeknownst to him, Luaty's image began circulating in several international outlets as the icon of Angolan resistance (Siegert 2018). Rallies taking place across Europe and Brazil held images of Luaty and several of his fellow detainees, and eventually Luaty's prison memoirs were published to wide acclaim (Beirão 2017).…”

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The optimistic utopia: sacrifice and expectations of political transformation in the Angolan Revolutionary Movement

Blanes¹

2021

Social Anthropology

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In this paper, I propose an anthropological discussion of the correlation of utopia and optimism, in relation with ideas of personal and collective sacrifice. To do so, I will invoke my ethnographic research on political activism in Angola, particularly the so‐called Revolutionary Movement – a group of young activists challenging Angola’s authoritarian regime. During recent Luanda fieldwork, I observed how most of the ‘Revús’ engaged in self‐sacrificial behaviour, exposing themselves to police brutality, imprisonment and social discrimination, in their struggle towards a brighter collective future. This optimistic and somewhat Gandhian stance marks a dramatic departure from the sense of fatalism and ‘culture of fear’ that seems otherwise to prevail in Angola. I will question if and in what terms such stances are ‘utopian’ and configure ‘principles of hope’, as Ernst Bloch would put it. In the process, I will perform a critical interrogation of the correlation of utopia, hope and optimism.

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The optimistic utopia: sacrifice and expectations of political transformation in the Angolan Revolutionary Movement

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2021

Social Anthropology

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Jesus, Che, Luaty: On the Relationship between a Digital Picture and an Iconic Image in Political Iconography in Angola

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The optimistic utopia: sacrifice and expectations of political transformation in the Angolan Revolutionary Movement

The optimistic utopia: sacrifice and expectations of political transformation in the Angolan Revolutionary Movement

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