"Reports on Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo's crackdown on guerrilla Zapatistas in the southern state of Chiapas and the attempted capture of their leader, Subcomandante Marcos. Why Zedillo has blamed the guerrillas for many of his problems; Marcos' escape; Disclosure of Marcos' identity as former university professor Rafael Sebastian Guillen Vicente, 37."
Looks at the battle being waged in Chiapas, Mexico and comments on the stance taken by President Ernesto Zedillo. Battle details; The Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN); Zedillo's belief that Subcomandante Marcos is really Rafael Sebastian Guillen Vicente, 37; The end of a 12 month cease-fire.
"A diverse collection of more than eighty selections, [including] ... poetry, folklore, fiction, polemics, photo essays, songs, political cartoons, memoirs, satire, and scholarly writing"--Page 4 of cover.
"The Zapatista revolution of the 21st century has at its core a fair-skinned, urban, university-educated poet-warrior-spokesman who has fused the white/mestizo, modern western/traditional sides of the movement for rights and democracy for indigenous peoples. These are his writings."
"Seventy-seven essays - only 12 by women - include works written in Spanish and Portuguese between 1849 (Bello) and 1994 (Subcomandante Marcos). The broad definition of essay allows for inclusion of pieces such as Borges' 'Pierre Menard,' usually defined as fiction. Historical introduction by Stavans; bio-bibliographical notes for authors. Many pieces translated expressly for this volume. Consistently high level of translation"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
"This reader includes a wide sampling of the best of the writing to emerge on the subject. The book is a journey through an insurgent and magical world of culture and politics, where celebrants and critics debate what Carlos Fuentes has described as the world’s first ‘post-communist rebellion'." - Google Books Description
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