Mayan Visions

globalization. Within a global economy, the Chiapas challenge for autonomy can be seen as a model for redefining ethnic group relations and the development process within Mexico, the hemisphere and our global society.

Autorentext

June Nash is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the City College of New York and Graduate Center. She is the author of We Eat the Mines and the Mines Eat Us (1993). She was awarded the American Anthropologist's Distinguished Service Award in 1995.

Zusammenfassung
A significant work by one of anthropology's most important scholars, this book provides an introduction to the Chiapas Mayan community of Mexico, better known for their role in the Zapatista Rebellion.

Inhalt

Preamble Acronyms Glossary Chapter 1: Indigenous Counterplots to Global Processes Chapter 2: Indigenous Communities and the Uneasy Alliance with Empire and Nation Chapter 3: Exodus form Communities and the Genesis of Indigenous Culture in National Spaces Chapter 4: Radical Democratic Mobilization 1994-1996 Chapter 5: Civil Society in Crisis: The Contest for Peace and Justice 1995-2000 Chapter 6: Pluricultural Survival in the Global Ecumene References Cited