Poetics of indigenismo in Zapatista discourse : the Mexican revolution revisioned through Mayan eyes / by Gregory K. Stephens.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stephens, Gregory K., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

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

Chiapas (Mexico).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (170 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, [2019]

Summary:

This book contributes to a re-visioning of the literature of revolutions, repositioning the writings of Subcomandante Marcos as quasi-"indigenous" literary texts. Highlights include a study of the role of Zapatista mythopoetics in re-imagining the nature of revolution; and an examination of how a native subculture and cosmovision were made intelligible to an international audience. Close readings of a group of stories, essays and communiques by Marcos explore the emergence of a thoroughly hybrid literary style. These texts are analyzed in relation to existing genres such Native American literature, environmental literature, and the literature of the Mexican revolution. The book shows that, while Marcos employs the iconography of Che Guevara, Zapata, et al, and in some ways furthers the "romance of revolution" for an electronically networked world, he has also popularized on an international stage the post-Cold War aspiration to "change the world without taking power.".

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Abstract

Preface

Introduction

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Textual Analysis

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Sixteen

Notes

Works Cited

Illustrations.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-5275-3244-5

OCLC:

1096295161