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100 1 $aMoksnes, Heidi.
245 10 $aMaya exodus :$bindigenous struggle for citizenship in Chiapas /$cHeidi Moksnes.
260 $aNorman :$bUniversity of Oklahoma Press,$cc2012.
300 $axxviii, 339 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $a"Maya Exodus offers a richly detailed account of how a group of indigenous people has adopted a global language of human rights to press claims for social change and social justice. Anthropologist Heidi Moksnes describes how Catholic Maya in the municipality of Chenalhó in Chiapas, Mexico, have changed their position vis-à-vis the Mexican state--from being loyal clients dependent on a patron, to being citizens who have rights--as a means of exodus from poverty. Moksnes lived in Chenalhó in the mid-1990s and has since followed how Catholic Maya have adopted liberation theology and organized a religious and political movement to both advance their sociopolitical position in Mexico and restructure local Maya life. She came to know members of the Catholic organization Las Abejas shortly before they made headlines when forty-five members, including women and children, were killed by Mexican paramilitary troops because of their sympathy with the Zapatistas.
520 $aIn the years since the massacre at Acteal, Las Abejas has become a global symbol of indigenous pacifist resistance against state oppression. The Catholic Maya in Chenalhó see their poverty as a legacy of colonial rule perpetuated by the present Mexican government, and believe that their suffering is contrary to the will of God. Moksnes shows how this antagonism toward the state is exacerbated by the government's recent neoliberal policies, which have ended pro-peasant programs while employing a discourse on human rights. In this context, Catholic Maya debate the value of pressing the state with their claims. Instead, they seek independent routes to influence and resources, through the Catholic Diocese and nongovernmental organizations--relations, however, that also help to create new dependencies. This book incorporates voices of Maya men and women as they form new identities, rethink central conceptions of being human, and assert citizenship rights.
520 $aMaya Exodus deepens our understanding of the complexities involved in striving for social change. Ultimately, it highlights the contradictory messages marginalized peoples encounter when engaging with the globally celebrated human rights discourse." -- Publisher's description.
505 0 $apt. 1. Pedranos and the patron state -- Poverty, Maya community, and the state -- Building alliance with the Catholic Diocese -- pt. 2. Restructuring Maya community -- Seeking God's protection -- Organization of the Catholic community and Las Abejas -- Re-gendering political agency -- Suffering as identity -- pt. 3. Opposing the state -- Political opposition and the Acteal Massacre -- Martyrdom and the claim for rights -- Exodus? The limits of citizenship and rights-based claims.
650 0 $aTzotzil Indians$zMexico$zChenalhó$xPolitics and government.
650 0 $aTzotzil Indians$zMexico$zChenalhó$xGovernment relations.
650 0 $aTzotzil Indians$zMexico$zChenalhó$xReligion.
650 0 $aLiberation theology$zMexico$zChenalhó.
650 0 $aIndian Catholics$zMexico$zChenalhó.
650 0 $aSelf-determination, National$zMexico$zChenalhó.
650 0 $aCitizenship$zMexico$zChenalhó.
651 0 $aChenalhó (Mexico)$xSocial conditions.
651 0 $aChenalhó (Mexico)$xEconomic conditions.
651 0 $aChenalhó (Mexico)$xPolitics and government.
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