Understanding the Chiapas rebellion : modernist visions and the invisible Indian / Nicholas P. Higgins.

Author/creator Higgins, Nicholas P., 1971-
Format Book
Publication InfoAustin, Tx : University of Texas Press, 2004.
Descriptionxiii, 259 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
Marcos, subcomandante.
Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (Mexico)
Mayas--Mexico. --Chiapas. --Politics and government.
Mayas--Mexico. --Chiapas. --Government relations.
Mayas--Civil rights. --Mexico. --Chiapas.
Chiapas (Mexico)--History. --Peasant Uprising, 1994-.
Chiapas (Mexico)--Politics and government.
Chiapas (Mexico)--Ethnic relations.

Contents Introduction : approaching the Indian in world politics -- Maps of the mind : Spanish conquest and the Indian soul -- Enlightenment legacies : colonial reform, independence, and the invisible Indian of the liberal state -- The governmental state : Indian labor, liberal-authoritarianism, and revolt -- Institutionalizing the Indian : corporatismo, indigenismo, and the creation of an authoritarian regime -- Neoliberal governmentality : social change, contested identities, and rebellion -- Visible Indians : Subcomandante Marcos and the "indianization" of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation -- Conclusion : modernist visions and the invisible Indian.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2003027034
ISBN0292702949 (hbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0292705654 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks F1435.1.C48 H54 2004 ✔ Available Place Hold