The Zapatista Reader
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Editor: Tom HaydenEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2001-11-09
ISBN: 1560253355
Number of pages: 400
Publisher: Nation Books
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Book Review: Excellent Review of Zapatistas
Summary: 4 Stars
Fantastic Reader for Zapatismo and their history. The varied essays and incredible sources such as Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Jose Saramago, Paco Taibo II, Enrique Krauze, ect, includes three Nobel Laureates as well as prominent speakers involved with the Zapatistas. Additionally, (editor) Tom Hayden includes specific works directly from Chiapas as well as more broad-based writings from Subcommandante Marcos as well as other Zapatista writers.
I was entranced by the sheer amount of writings (50+ essays) that Hayden was able to compile, while at the same time keeping the readings varied and all very interesting (hard to put down reader). He was able to blend writings on Mexican feminism with the Zapatista beliefs while also shaping the writing of Catholic bishop Samuel Ruiz Garcia and his work in Chiapas. Hayden used several authors to show how current events in Chiapas directly relate to contemporary politics at work in el Ciudad e Mexico and even beyond into the globalized world.
The reader is elegently constructed into three parts, Part I being "The Story" a kind of history of the Zapatista movement and how it developed into its current shape (at least until publication in 2002). Part II "The Word" involves strictly Zapatista writings showing how what they believe has shaped their actions presented in Part I of the reader. Finally Part III "The Commentaries" provides how modern contemporaries view the progress and potential for growth of the Zapatista movement. These include giants in Mexican writing and journalism but also political thinkers, further reinforcing the validity of this immense work.
The only critique I have was the horrendous job of editing. Frequently I was puzzeled at the errors in spanish translation and place names, as well as gramatical errors. This was not to take away from the content of the individual contributors, but hearing Ocosingo, Chiapas referred to as Osocingo or other obviously wrong place-names that are common-knowledge to me, was damaging. In short, without such errors, this would easily be a 5-Star reader, but is not perfect.
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