Redefined Nationalism in Building a Movement for Indigenous Autonomy in Southern Mexico

• Autores: Lynn Stephen
• Localización: Journal of Latin American Anthropology, ISSN 1085-7052, Vol. 3, Nº. 1, 1997, págs. 72-101
• Idioma: inglés
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  • This paper discusses the differential historical meanings of indigenous autonomy in eastern Chiapas and in central and eastern Oaxaca. In the Lacandon jungle region, historical circumstances have given way to a model of indigenous autonomy focused on the creation of pluri-ethnic autonomous regions. In Oaxaca, a tradition of autonomous indigenous municipios and animosity between indigenous communities has resulted in a model of mono-ethnic autonomy realized variously in different settings. The paper also analyzes the way that pueblos indios with different historically-based understandings of �autonomy� come together. The critical factor is a shared sense of reconstructed nationalism as created through local and regional histories generated from below which claim a place in Mexican national culture