Digital Activism in the Mexican Nations : Resistance, Catharsis, Transformation / David S. Dalton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dalton, David S.

Series:

Global Media and Race Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Digital media.

Internet in political campaigns.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (246 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, 2026.

Summary:

Digital Activism in the Mexican Nations analyzes Mexico's rich history of digital activism, which is among the most vibrant of any country in the Hispanic world.The book begins with a discussion of the Zapatista uprising of 1994--which is widely understood as the first digital social movement in the history of the world--and ends.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction: From the Day Without Mexicans Strike to #YoSoy132: Social Movements and Digital Activism in the Mexican Nations

Part I Internal Nations: Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Others

1 From the EZLN to the Digital Zapatistas: Transnational Alliances and Transformative Performance

2 Digital Feminism in Mexico: #MeToo, #NiUnaMás, #NiUnaMenos, and Cristina Rivera Garza's El invencible verano de Liliana

Part II Migrant Nations: Foreign Actors in and from Mexico

3 Of DREAMers and the DREAMer Diaspora: Activist Organizations, NGOs, and Digital Performance

4 Migrant Nations in Mexico: Digital Community Building in the Central American and Haitian Diasporas in Tijuana

Conclusion: From Valor por Tamaulipas to Obbatala Collantes and LGBTQ+ Rights: Expanding the Scope of Digital Activism in the Mexican Nations

Acknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the Author

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ISBN:

9781978847781

OCLC:

1594452530