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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452018803321

Autore

Higgins Nicholas P (Nicholas Paul), <1971->

Titolo

Understanding the Chiapas rebellion [[electronic resource] ] : modernist visions and the invisible Indian / / Nicholas P. Higgins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Austin, Tx., : University of Texas Press, 2004

ISBN

0-292-79726-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (276 p.)

Disciplina

323.1197/4207275

Soggetti

Mayas - Mexico - Chiapas - Politics and government

Mayas - Mexico - Chiapas - Government relations

Mayas - Civil rights - Mexico - Chiapas

Electronic books.

Chiapas (Mexico) History Peasant Uprising, 1994-

Chiapas (Mexico) Politics and government

Chiapas (Mexico) Ethnic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.