Las Abejas : Pacifist Resistance and Syncretic Identities in a Globalizing Chiapas
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| Title: | Las Abejas : Pacifist Resistance and Syncretic Identities in a Globalizing Chiapas |
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| Description: | Las Abejas came to be known by the international community as the civil counterpart to the neozapatista movements and as a Christian pacifist movement. This book presents the voices of Las Abejas and of numerous collaborators alongside an innovative theoretical analysis of the dynamics of identity construction. The uniqueness of this study is the analysis of the role of international human rights observers in relation to indigenous communities in resistance. In this fascinating study, Marco Tavanti explains how cultural, religious, political, human rights and nonviolent frameworks combine in a syncretic identity of resistance. |
| Authors: | Marco Tavanti |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | F1221.T9 |
| Categories: | HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General, RELIGION / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | Las Abejas came to be known by the international community as the civil counterpart to the neozapatista movements and as a Christian pacifist movement. This book presents the voices of Las Abejas and of numerous collaborators alongside an innovative theoretical analysis of the dynamics of identity construction. The uniqueness of this study is the analysis of the role of international human rights observers in relation to indigenous communities in resistance. In this fascinating study, Marco Tavanti explains how cultural, religious, political, human rights and nonviolent frameworks combine in a syncretic identity of resistance. |
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| ISBN: | 9780415942157 9781135378400 9781135378479 9780203954164 |
