Poetics of Indigenismo in Zapatista Discourse: The Mexican Revolution Revisioned Through Mayan Eyes (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781527531567)

This book contributes to a re-visioning of the literature of revolutions, repositioning the writings of Subcomandante Marcos as quasi-â oeindigenous⠝ literary texts. Highlights include a study of the role of Zapatista mythopoetics in re-imagining the nature of revolution; and an examination of how a native subculture and cosmovision were made intelligible to an international audience. Close readings of a group of stories, essays and communiques by Marcos explore the emergence of a thoroughly hybrid literary style. These texts are analyzed in relation to existing genres such Native American literature, environmental literature, and the literature of the Mexican revolution. The book shows that, while Marcos employs the iconography of Che Guevara, Zapata, et al, and in some ways furthers the â oeromance of revolution⠝ for an electronically networked world, he has also popularized on an international stage the post-Cold War aspiration to â oechange the world without taking power.⠝

Author: Gregory Stephens
ISBN-10: 1527531562
ISBN-13: 9781527531567
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Language: English
Published: 04/03/2019
Pages: 170
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.70w x 0.50d