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Understanding the Chiapas rebellion : modernist visions and the invisible Indian /

Nicholas Higgins offers a new way of understanding the Zapatista conflict as a counteraction to the forces of modernity and globalisation that have rendered indigenous peoples virtually invisible throughout the world.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Higgins, Nicholas P. (Nicholas Paul), 1971-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Austin, Tx. : University of Texas Press, 2004.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.