"Zapata Lives! is the first scholarly study to examine contemporary
Mexican Zapatismo comparatively, with an eye to regionally varying
histories of peasant and indigenous relations to the national
state. Analyzing the mosaic of experiences of agrarian reform, in
the heartland of the Zapatista rebellion in eastern Chiapas and in
central Oaxaca, Stephen clarifies how Zapata arose, and lives on,
as a powerful symbol for the equity and social justice that men and
women of Mexico's rural south demand of their government.--George
Collier, author of "Basta! Land and the Zapatista Rebellion in
Chiapas
Lynn Stephen's new book on Zapatismo is her best work to date
and will win her great acclaim. It is a fascinating and highly
accessible study of the interplay of state ideology, political
economy, and local responses in Oaxaca and Chiapas, Mexico. Many
scholars and students have been waiting for a richer
contextualization of the Zapatista movement, and Stephen offers
very effective tactics to frame such a study.--Kay Warren, author
of "Indigenous Movements and Their Critics
"Zapata Lives! is a testimony to the struggles and tentative
hopes of indigenous populations in Mexico. It is also a testimony
to the remarkable synergy that emerges from conjoining the
ethnographic encounter with political events in their contested
historical contexts. Articulate and compassionate herself, Stephen
introduces her informants as the most articulate exponents of their
own views and urges us to share their passions and perplexities. In
short, this is an academically rich work that also engages the
sensitivities and imagination of the reader.--Michael Herzfeld,
author of "Cultural Intimacy
Ethnographic inmethod and encyclopedic in scope, this morally
engaged book is indispensable to understanding historic
transformations occurring in contemporary Mexico. Through
comparative fieldwork in Chiapas and Oaxaca, Stephen reveals local
impacts of and responses to the ongoing Zapatista rebellion, recent
changes in Mexico's agrarian law, and the imposition of the North
American Free Trade Agreement.--Michael Kearney, University of
California, Riverside
The Chiapas rebellion inspired widespread sympathy in the
Mexican countryside, yet few followed the same path. Zapata Lives!
unravels this puzzle by comparing agrarian political identities in
both insurgent and quiescent rural communities. Stephen deftly
explains local identity formation through the lenses of ethnicity,
gender and class, as framed by diverse historical legacies of
state-community relations. In the process, she breaks important
ground in engaged anthropology, redefining what it means to be in
the field.--Jonathan Fox, University of California, Santa Cruz
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