Rights in Rebellion: Indigenous Struggle and Human Rights in

Rights in Rebellion: Indigenous Struggle and Human Rights in Chiapas
- Used Book in Good Condition
Rights in Rebellion examines the global discourse of human rights and its influence on the local culture, identity, and forms of resistance. Through a multi-sited ethnography of various groups in the indigenous communities of Chiapas, Mexicoâ€•from paramilitaries to a Zapatista community, an indigenous human rights organization, and the Zapatista Good Governance Councilsâ€•the book explores how different groups actively engage with the discourse of rights, adapting it to their own individual subjectivities and goals, and develop new forms of resistance to the neoliberal model and its particular configurations of power. Far from being a traditional community study, this book instead follows the discourse of human rights and indigenous rights through their various manifestations. The author offers a compelling argument for the importance of a critical engagement between the anthropologist and her "subjects," passionately making the case for activist research and demonstrating how such an engagement will fortify and enliven academic research.
Country USA
Brand Stanford University Press
Manufacturer Stanford University Press
Binding Paperback
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9780804757348
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Rights in Rebellion: Indigenous Struggle and Human Rights in Chiapas