{"product_id":"kuxlejal-politics-9781477314470","title":"Kuxlejal Politics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the past two decades, Zapatista indigenous community members have asserted their autonomy and self-determination by using everyday practices as part of their struggle for \u003ci\u003elekil kuxlejal\u003c\/i\u003e, a dignified collective life connected to a specific territory. This in-depth ethnography summarizes Mariana Mora’s more than ten years of extended research and solidarity work in Chiapas, with Tseltal and Tojolabal community members helping to design and evaluate her fieldwork. The result of that collaboration—a work of activist anthropology—reveals how Zapatista \u003ci\u003ekuxlejal\u003c\/i\u003e (or life) politics unsettle key racialized effects of the Mexican neoliberal state.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough detailed narratives, thick descriptions, and testimonies, \u003ci\u003eKuxlejal Politics\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on central spheres of Zapatista indigenous autonomy, particularly governing practices, agrarian reform, women’s collective work, and the implementation of justice, as well as health and education project\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRemarkable…Mora does not limit her analysis to examine Zapatista indigenous autonomy from a de-colonial framework, but also decolonizes her own research methods...\u003ci\u003eKuxlejal Politics\u003c\/i\u003e contributes to expand the discussion on the various autonomous projects underway in Latin America and to challenge the research methodology of the anthropology in contact with indigenous peoples. * European Review of Latin American and Carribean Studies *\u003cbr\u003eA brilliant ethnography of a movement from below that simply refused to accept the prevailing ideological, social, and political structures of oppression. * Latin American Perspectives *\u003cbr\u003e[An] innovative book…decolonial approaches are needed to reframe research and knowledge production in geography; such a reframing should be attentive to multiple and diverse ontologies and epistemologies…\u003ci\u003eKuxlejal Politics\u003c\/i\u003e is exemplary of how the work of reframing might be done. More than that, it is a vision of a life politics that gives me hope. * Journal of Latin American Geography *\u003cbr\u003eMora’s project is a model of collaborative research with the communities she did research in....Mora does not romanticise the Zapatista movement; rather, she allows her research subjects to step out of the background of data collection. In this way, her conceptualisation helps us to understand the historical roots and current practices of Zapatista communities by placing them centre stage. * ALMA Reviews *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne. A Brief Overview of the First Years of the Zapatista Autonomous Municipalities (1996–2003)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo. The Production of Knowledge on the Terrain of Autonomy: Research as a Topic of Political Debate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThree. Social Memories of Struggle and Racialized (E)states\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFour. Zapatista Agrarian Reform within the Racialized Fields of Chiapas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFive. Women’s Collectives and the Politicized (Re)production of Social Life\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSix. \u003ci\u003eMandar Obedeciendo\u003c\/i\u003e; or, Pedagogy and the Art of Governing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion: Zapatismo as the Struggle to Live within the \u003ci\u003eLekil Kuxlejal\u003c\/i\u003e Tradition of Autonomy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408951058775,"sku":"9781477314470","price":23.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781477314470.jpg?v=1730504829","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/kuxlejal-politics-9781477314470","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}