This volume maps the trends in cultural policies and political cultures that accompanied Chavez's four presidential terms (1999-2013) in twenty-first century Venezuela. Assesses the manifold impacts that the politics of chavismo had on the cultural sphere Maps key shifts and trends in cultural policies and political cultures that accompanied Chavez's four presidential terms, situating these in the regional context of "Pink Tide" politics An ambitious, interdisciplinary volume offering a range of perspectives, from broad overviews of cultural and media policy, to close...