Yielding pivotal new perspectives on the indigenous women of
Mexico, Dissident Women: Gender and Cultural Politics in Chiapas
presents a diverse collection of voices exploring the human rights
and gender issues that gained international attention after the
first public appearance of the Zapatista National Liberation Army
(EZLN) in 1994.
Drawing from studies on topics ranging from the daily life of
Zapatista women to the effect of transnational indigenous women in
tipping geopolitical scales, the contributors explore both the
personal and global implications of indigenous women's activism.
The Zapatista movement and the Women's Revolutionary Law, a charter
that came to have tremendous symbolic importance for thousands of
indigenous women, created the potential for renegotiating gender
roles in Zapatista communities. Drawing on the original research of
scholars with long-term field experience in a range of Mayan
communities in Chiapas and featuring several key documents written
by indigenous women articulating their vision, Dissident Women
brings fresh insight to the revolutionary crossroads at which
Chiapas stands-- and to the worldwide implications of this economic
and political microcosm.
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