ANTH 425 Power and Change
Fall 2011
29 November
Revolution: Read Nash, June (1995) "The Reassertion of Indigenous Identity: Mayan Responses to State Intervention in Chiapas." Latin American Research Review. 30(3): 7-41. JSTOR
- what are the distinct political and economic histories of highland Maya, those from the highlands who have migrated to the lowland border region between Mexico and Guatemala, and refugees from Guatemala who have fled to Mexico?
- how do these distinct histories lead to their mobilizing their ethnic identity in distinct ways?
- what, then, does Nash conclude about the relative importance of ethnic identity, on one hand, and political and economic history on the other?