{"product_id":"rights-in-rebellion-9780804757348","title":"Rights in Rebellion","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn anthropological examination of the globalized discourse of human rights and the local production of cultural identities and forms of resistance in indigenous communities of Chiapas, Mexico.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This excellent study belongs to the tiny percentage of works emerging out of the 1994 Zapatista rebellion that are actually based on extensive experience and engagement within the indigenous communities of Chiapas . . . This book offers insight for anyone interested in understanding the complexity of the Zapatista struggle for autonomy and getting beyond simplistic assumptions about indigenous and \u003ci\u003ecampesino\u003c\/i\u003e identities and interests. It is also a valuable and thought-provoking work for scholars examining the concepts of human rights and citizenship in the era of neoliberal globalization, and for anyone concerned with the ethics and epistemology of ethnographic research.\" -- Richard Stahler-Sholk * \u003ci\u003eThe Americas\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"Her book provides an illustration of the ways in which people mix ideologies and conceptions of collective and individual rights to address political and economic disadvantages in the distinct context of their communities.\" -- \u003ci\u003eThe Law and Politics Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Based upon decade of experience in Chiapas, Mexico, as an activist and anthropological researcher, Speed provides a stimulating, highly readable overview of the challenges of promoting universal human rights in a local context of protracted civil war and indigenous struggle.\" -- P. R Sullivan * \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"Shannon Speed takes a clear position as an activist anthropologist, providing valuable insights into how political commitments and participation can complement high quality research. Her work breaks important terrain in legal anthropology.\" -- Lynn Stephen * author of \u003ci\u003eZapatista Lives!\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTransborder Lives\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"Working at the intersections between transnational rights discourses and political, legal, and ethnic movements in Mexico, Shannon Speed elegantly interweaves theoretical analysis, empirical description, historical contextualization, and personal engagement to offer a finely grained ethnography of contemporary events in Chiapas. This work will be a major and enduring contribution.\" -- Mark Goodale * George Mason University *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents  List of Figures and Maps  Preface: \t\tActivist Research in Chiapas\txxx  Acknowledgments\txxx  Acronyms and Abbreviations\txxx  1\tIntroduction: Human Rights and Chiapas in the Neoliberal Era\t1  2\tGlobal Discourses on the Local Terrain: Grounding Human Rights in Chiapas\t000  Chapter Three:\t\"Neither Rights nor Humans\": the Vicissitudes of Local Appropriation\t000  Chapter Four: \tDialogisms, or, On Being and Becoming Indigenous in Nicol s Ruiz\t000  Chapter Five:\tGendered Intersections: Collective and Individual Rights in Indigenous   Women's Experience\t000  Chapter Six:\tAssuming our own Own Defense: Rights, Resistance, and the Law in the   Red de Defensores Comunitarios \t000  Chapter Seven:\t\"Improving the Paths of Resistance\": the Juntas Buen Gobierno   and Rights in their Exercise\t000  Chapter Eight:\tRights in Rebellion: Rethinking Resistance in the Neoliberal Global Order  \t000  Notes\t000  Bibliography\t000  Index\t000","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405570908503,"sku":"9780804757348","price":18.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804757348.jpg?v=1730492874","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/rights-in-rebellion-9780804757348","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}