Zapata lives!: histories and cultural politics in southern Mexico

Abstract

Contents List of Maps, Illustrations, and Tables Acknowledgments Acronyms and Abbreviations Preface Part I. The Political and Historical Contexts of Zapatismo 1. Introduction: The Fields of Anthropology, Human Rights, and Contemporary Zapatismo 2. Government Construction and Reappropriation of Emiliano Zapata 3. Ethnic and Racial Categories in Mexican History Part II. Zapatismo in Eastern Chiapas 4. The Historical Roots of Indigenous Struggle in Chiapas 5. The New Zapatismo in the Lacandon Jungle 6. Zapata Vive! Lacandon Zapatismo and Its Translation to Larger Mexico 7. Conversations with Zapatistas: The Revolutionary Law of Women and Military Occupation Part III. New and Old Zapatismo in Oaxaca 8. The Historical Roots of Land Conflict and Organizing in Oaxaca 9. The Story of Santa Maria del Tule: Zapata, Cardenas, and Good Guy Officials 10. The Formation of the Ejido of Union Zapata 11. Contradictions of Zapatismo in Rural Oaxaca Conclusion: Reclaiming the Mexican Nation for the Poor and the Indigenous South Notes References Index