Uprising of hope : sharing the Zapatista journey to alternative development / Duncan Earle and Jeanne Simonelli.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Earle, Duncan, 1952-

Contributor:

Simonelli, Jeanne M.

Series:

Crossroads in qualitative inquiry ; v. 4.

Crossroads in qualitative inquiry ; v. 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (Mexico).

Indians of Mexico--Mexico--Chiapas--Government relations.

Indians of Mexico.

Mayas.

Mexico--Chiapas.

Mayas--Mexico--Chiapas--Government relations.

Chiapas (Mexico)--History--Peasant Uprising, 1994-.

Chiapas (Mexico).

Mexico--Politics and government--1988-.

Mexico.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xviii, 323 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Walnut Creek, CA : AltaMira Press, [2005]

Summary:

The Zapatistas of Chiapas, Mexico, have often been portrayed in reductive, polarized terms, either as saintly activists or dangerous rebels. Cultural anthropologists Duncan Earle and Jeanne Simonelli, drawing on decades-long relationships and fieldwork, attained a collegiality with the Zapatistas that reveals a more complex portrait of a people struggling with self-determination on every level. Seeking a new kind of experimental ethnography, Earle and Simonelli have chronicled a social experiment characterized by resistance, autonomy, and communality. Combining their own compelling narratives as participant-observers with those of their Chiapas compadres, the authors effectively call for an activist approach to research. The result is a unique ethnography that is at once analytical and deeply personal. Uprising of Hope will be compelling reading for scholars and general readers of anthropology, social justice, ethnography, Latin American history, and ethnic studies.

Contents:

Introduction: Lenses and Visions 1

Part 1 Arrivals

1 Antonio Sanchez Cruz: The Road to the Edge of the Jungle 31

2 Miguel Santiz: A History of a Person 41

3 Duncan Earle: Heading for Hell 50

4 Jeanne Simonelli: Invited to Abandon Mexico 63

Part 2 Seeking a Path

5 Roads to Rebellion 77

6 Construction, Destruction, and Reconstruction 94

7 Millennium Dreams 117

8 Analyzing Community Development with the Help of the Community 133

9 The Expulsion: Legalizing Autonomy in Cerro Verde 145

10 Informed Permission and Invigorated Autonomy 156

Part 3 Defining the Dream

11 Alternative Constructions 179

12 Whirling Silence 211

Part 4 Horizons of Hope

13 Acompanar Obediciendo 225

14 Caracoles 238

15 Waking Up in Reality 256

16 The Sea of Our Dreams 275.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-316) and index.

ISBN:

0759105405

0759105413

OCLC:

56068758