The Zapatistas of Chiapas, Mexico, have often been portrayed in reductive, polarized terms; either as saintly activists or dangerous rebels. Cultural anthropologists Duncan Earle and Jeanne Simonelli, drawing on decades-long relationships and fieldwork, attained a collegiality with the Zapatistas that reveals a more complex portrait of a people struggling with self-determination on every level. Seeking a new kind of experimental ethnography, Earle & Simonelli have chronicled a social experiment characterized by resistance, autonomy and communality. Combining their own compelling narrative as participant-observers, and those of their Chiapas compadres, the authors effectively call for an activist approach to research. The result is a unique ethnography that is at once analytical and deeply personal. Uprising of Hope will be compelling reading for scholars and general readers of anthropology, social justice, ethnography, Latin American history and ethnic studies.

Earle, Duncan, 1952-; Simonelli, Jeanne M

Duncan Earle; Jeanne M. Simonelli

Crossroads in qualitative inquiry, New York, 2005

United States, United States of America

Walnut Creek, CA, United States, 2004

PT, 2005

1, 2005

Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-316) and index.
Includes glossary.

The Zapatistas of Chiapas, Mexico, have often been portrayed in reductive, polarized terms, either as saintly activists or dangerous rebels. Cultural anthropologists Duncan Earle and Jeanne Simonelli, drawing on decades-long relationships and fieldwork, attained a collegiality with the Zapatistas that reveals a more complex portrait of a people struggling with self-determination on every level. Seeking a new kind of experimental ethnography, Earle and Simonelli have chronicled a social experiment characterized by resistance, autonomy, and communality. Combining their own compelling narratives as participant-observers with those of their Chiapas compadres, the authors effectively call for an activist approach to research. The result is a unique ethnography that is at once analytical and deeply personal. Uprising of Hope will be compelling reading for scholars and general readers of anthropology, social justice, ethnography, Latin American history, and ethnic studies

Drawing on decades-long relationships and fieldwork with the Zapatistas of south-eastern Mexico, cultural anthropologists Duncan Earle and Jeanne Simonelli reveal a complex portrait of a people struggling with self-determination on every level. Combining their own compelling narrative as participant-observers, and those of their Chaipas compadres, the authors effectively call for an activist approach to research, resulting in an ethnography that is at once analytical and deeply personal. Uprising of Hope is compelling reading for scholars and general readers of anthropology, social justice, ethnography, Latin American history and ethnic studies.

The Zapatista rebellion changed the way anthropologists practice their science in the jungles and highlands of Chiapas, where instead of being objects of traditional research, the rebel Zapatistas are now the subject of their own story. The authors, bothanthropologists for the Zapatists Age, cover the topic

Reveals a portrait of Zapatistas of south-eastern Mexico struggling with self-determination on every level. This book is suitable for scholars and general readers of anthropology, social justice, ethnography, Latin American history and ethnic studies.

xviii, 323 p. : 24 cm
Includes glossary
Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-316) and index

2023-06-28