Table of Contents

Contents List of Maps, Illustrations, and Tables Acknowledgments Acronyms and Abbreviations Preface Part I. The Political and Historical Contexts of Zapatismo 1. Introduction: The "Fields" of Anthropology, Human Rights, and Contemporary Zapatismo 2. Government Construction and Reappropriation of Emiliano Zapata 3. Ethnic and Racial Categories in Mexican History Part II. Zapatismo in Eastern Chiapas 4. The Historical Roots of Indigenous Struggle in Chiapas 5. The New Zapatismo in the Lacandon Jungle 6. Zapata Vive! Lacandon Zapatismo and Its Translation to Larger Mexico 7. Conversations with Zapatistas: The Revolutionary Law of Women and Military Occupation Part III. New and Old Zapatismo in Oaxaca 8. The Historical Roots of Land Conflict and Organizing in Oaxaca 9. The Story of Santa Maria del Tule: Zapata, Cardenas, and "Good Guy" Officials 10. The Formation of the Ejido of Union Zapata 11. Contradictions of Zapatismo in Rural Oaxaca Conclusion: Reclaiming the Mexican Nation for the Poor and the Indigenous South Notes References Index

About the Author

Lynn Stephen is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Oregon. She is author of Women and Social Movements in Latin America: Power from Below (1997) and Zapotec Women (1991), among other books.

Reviews

"Replete with interviews and historical sources; it is persuasive and extremely well researched. . . . The book is a remarkable testament to Stephen's scholarly persistence and the people she so clearly admires."--Times "Literary Supplement, 5/10