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Mayan lives, Mayan utopias : the indigenous peoples of Chiapas and the Zapatista rebellion / edited by Jan Rus, Rosalva Aída Hernández Castillo, and Shannan L. Mattiace.

Penn Museum Library F1221.T8 M313 2003
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Rus, Jan.
Hernández Castillo, Rosalva Aída.
Mattiace, Shannan L.
Series:
Latin American perspectives in the classroom
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (Mexico).
Tzeltal Indians--Civil rights.
Tzeltal Indians.
Tzeltal Indians--Government relations.
Tzotzil Indians--Civil rights.
Tzotzil Indians.
Tzotzil Indians--Government relations.
Civil rights.
Chiapas (Mexico)--History--Peasant Uprising, 1994-.
Chiapas (Mexico).
Mexico--Politics and government--1988-.
Mexico.
Politics and government.
Physical Description:
xvii, 306 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Place of Publication:
Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, [2003]
Contents:
I. Mayan Lives: Continuity and Change 27
1 A Generation of Crisis in the Central Highlands of Chiapas: The Cases of Chamula and Zinacantan, 1974-2000 / Jan Rus, George A. Collier 33
2 Between Civil Disobedience and Silent Rejection: Differing Responses by Mam Peasants to the Zapatista Rebellion / Rosalva Aida Hernandez Castillo 63
3 The Ch'ols Reclaim Palenque, or the War of Eternal Return / Jose Alejos Garcia 85
II. Mayan Lives: Making New Societies 103
4 Regional Renegotiations of Space: Tojolabal Ethnic Identity in Las Margaritas, Chiapas / Shannan L. Mattiace 109
5 Buscando una nueva vida: Liberation through Autonomy in San Pedro Chenalho, 1970-1998 / Christine Eber 135
6 Regional, Communal, and Organizational Transformations in Las Canadas / Xochitl Leyva Solano 161
III. Mayan Utopias: Rethinking the State 185
7 The de Facto Autonomous Process: New Jurisdictions and Parallel Governments in Rebellion / Araceli Burguete Cal y Mayor 191
8 Autonomy in the San Andres Accords: Expression and Fulfillment of a New Federal Pact / Andres Aubry 219
9 The Meaning and Scope of the Struggle for Autonomy / Gustavo Esteva 243.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-289) and index.
ISBN:
0742511472
0742511480
OCLC:
52086128

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