Cultural Politics and Resistance in the 21st Century: Community-Based Social Movements and Global Change in the Americas

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Local Communities and Global Resistance: Social Change and Autonomy Struggles in the Americas K.Dellacioppa PART I: CULTURAL RESISTANCE AND IDENTITY New Political Actors in Rural Mexico: The Challenges and Achievements of Indigeneosu and Peasant Women A.H.Castillo & G. E.Damian The Rebel Girls of the Other Campaign: The EZLN and Teenage Activism in Mexico City J.Taft Zapatismo and Community-Based Social Change: Toward a Feminist Global Praxis? M.Govea La Otra Educacion: Hip Hop, Zapatismo, and Popular Education O.Marquez PART II: POLITICAL RESISTANCE AND IDENTITY Maiz y Pais: Indigenous Mexican Struggles against Biotechnology in Agriculture J.Rogers Generating Hope, Creating Change, Searching for Community: Stories of Resistance against Globalization at the U.S.-Mexico Border M.Tellez The Nonprofit Industrial Complex: Struggling for Social Movement Autonomy in a Global Port City C.Weber Present in the World Economy: The Coalition of Immokalee Workers (2006-2009) A.Drainville Global Movements? Local Movements? C.Weber