Mayan Lives, Mayan Utopias The Indigenous Peoples of Chiapas and the Zapatista Rebellion

by Rus, Jan; Hernández Castillo, Rosalva Aída; Mattiace, Shannan L.; Alejos García, José; Aubry, Andrés; Cal y Mayor, Araceli Burguete; Collier, George A.; Eber, Christine; Esteva, Gustavo; Hernández Castillo, Rosalva Aída; Leyva Solano, Xóchitl; Mattiace, S

• ISBN13: 9780742511477
• ISBN10: 0742511472
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-09-08
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

The Maya Indian peoples of Chiapas had been mobilizing politically for years before the Zapatista rebellion that brought them to international attention. This authoritative volume explores the different ways that Indians across Chiapas have carved out autonomous cultural and political spaces in their diverse communities and regions. Offering a consistent and cohesive vision of the complex evolution of a region and its many cultures and histories, this work is a fundamental source for understanding key issues in nation building. In a unique collaboration, the book brings together recognized authorities who have worked in Chiapas for decades, many linking scholarship with social and political activism. Their combined perspectives, many previously unavailable in English, make this volume the most authoritative, richly detailed, and authentic work available on the people behind the Zapatista movement.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Samuel Ruiz Garcia
Acknowledgments	ix
List of Abbreviations and Acronyms	xiii
Introduction	1	(26)
I. Mayan Lives: Continuity and Change	27	(76)
A Generation of Crisis in the Central Highlands of Chiapas: The Cases of Chamula and Zinacantan, 1974--2000	33	(30)
Jan Rus
George A. Collier
Between Civil Disobedience and Silent Rejection: Differing Responses by Mam Peasants to the Zapatista Rebellion	63	(22)
Rosalva Aida Hernandez Castillo
The Ch'ols Reclaim Palenque, or the War of Eternal Return	85	(18)
Jose Alejos Garcia
II. Mayan Lives: Making New Societies	103	(82)
Regional Renegotiations of Space: Tojolabal Ethnic Identity in Las Margaritas, Chiapas	109	(26)
Shannan L. Mattiace
Buscando una nueva vida: Liberation through Autonomy in San Pedro Chenalho, 1970--1998	135	(26)
Christine Eber
Regional, Communal, and Organizational Transformations in Las Canadas	161	(24)
Xochitl Leyva Solano
III. Mayan Utopias: Rethinking the State	185	(86)
The de Facto Autonomous Process: New Jurisdictions and Parallel Governments in Rebellion	191	(28)
Araceli Burguete Cal y Mayor
Autonomy in the San Andres Accords: Expression and Fulfillment of a New Federal Pact	219	(24)
Andres Aubry
The Meaning and Scope of the Struggle for Autonomy	243	(28)
Gustavo Esteva
Works Cited	271	(20)
Index	291	(14)
About the Contributors	305