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Considered the most significant recent agrarian movement in Mexico,
the 1994 EZLN uprising by the indigenous peasantry of Chiapas
attracted world attention. Timed to coincide with the signing of
the NAFTA agreement, the Zapatista Army of National Liberation
reasserted the value of indigenous culture and opposed the spread
of neo-liberalism associated with globalization. The essays in this
collection examine the background to the 1994 uprising, together
with the reasons for this, and also the developments in Chiapas and
Mexico in the years since. Among the issues covered are the history
of land reform in the region, the role of peasant and religious
organizations in constructing a new politics of identity, the
participation in the rebellion of indigenous women and changing
gender relations, plus the impact of the Zapatistas on Mexican
democracy. The international group of scholars contributing to the
volume include Sarah Washbrook, George and Jane Collier, Antonio
Garcia de Leon, Daniel Villafuerte Solis, Gemma van der Haar,
Mercedes Olivera, Marco Estrada Saavedra, Heidi Moksnes, Neil
Harvey, and Tom Brass. This book was previously published as a
special issue of The Journal of Peasant Studies.
Considered the most significant recent agrarian movement in Mexico,
the 1994 EZLN uprising by the indigenous peasantry of Chiapas
attracted world attention. Timed to coincide with the signing of
the NAFTA agreement, the Zapatista Army of National Liberation
reasserted the value of indigenous culture and opposed the spread
of neo-liberalism associated with globalization. The essays in this
collection examine the background to the 1994 uprising, together
with the reasons for this, and also the developments in Chiapas and
Mexico in the years since. Among the issues covered are the history
of land reform in the region, the role of peasant and religious
organizations in constructing a new politics of identity, the
participation in the rebellion of indigenous women and changing
gender relations, plus the impact of the Zapatistas on Mexican
democracy. The international group of scholars contributing to the
volume include Sarah Washbrook, George and Jane Collier, Antonio
Garcia de Leon, Daniel Villafuerte Solis, Gemma van der Haar,
Mercedes Olivera, Marco Estrada Saavedra, Heidi Moksnes, Neil
Harvey, and Tom Brass. This book was previously published as a
special issue of The Journal of Peasant Studies.
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