Toward enacting a Zapatista feminist agenda somewhere in la Selva Lacondona: We are all Marias?

Women’s participation in the Zapatista Revolutionary Movement improved women’s potential for gender justice as outlined in the 1994 Declaration of Women’s Rights; however, Zapatismo has struggled to implement and sustain a clear indigenous feminist agenda. In this essay, I argue that because The Ind...

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Main Author: Mary Louisa Cappelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2018-01-01
Series:Cogent Arts & Humanities
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311983.2018.1491270
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spelling doaj-26b27bc55c1e4ade82e539d21d4bc5572020-11-25T04:11:11ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCogent Arts & Humanities2331-19832018-01-015110.1080/23311983.2018.14912701491270Toward enacting a Zapatista feminist agenda somewhere in la Selva Lacondona: We are all Marias?Mary Louisa Cappelli0Nevada State CollegeWomen’s participation in the Zapatista Revolutionary Movement improved women’s potential for gender justice as outlined in the 1994 Declaration of Women’s Rights; however, Zapatismo has struggled to implement and sustain a clear indigenous feminist agenda. In this essay, I argue that because The Indigenous Congress of Mexico does not recognize repressive indigenous patriarchal structures and solely blames capitalism and neoliberalism for persistent gendered inequity, women continue to suffer systematic gendered violence and oppression at the hands of their indigenous fathers.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311983.2018.1491270zapatista revolutionary movementguerillaszapatista feminismsubcomandante marcosindigenous rightsnaftacapitalismneoliberalismzapatista national liberation armygender justiceundrip
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Toward enacting a Zapatista feminist agenda somewhere in la Selva Lacondona: We are all Marias?
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zapatista revolutionary movement
guerillas
zapatista feminism
subcomandante marcos
indigenous rights
nafta
capitalism
neoliberalism
zapatista national liberation army
gender justice
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title Toward enacting a Zapatista feminist agenda somewhere in la Selva Lacondona: We are all Marias?
title_short Toward enacting a Zapatista feminist agenda somewhere in la Selva Lacondona: We are all Marias?
title_full Toward enacting a Zapatista feminist agenda somewhere in la Selva Lacondona: We are all Marias?
title_fullStr Toward enacting a Zapatista feminist agenda somewhere in la Selva Lacondona: We are all Marias?
title_full_unstemmed Toward enacting a Zapatista feminist agenda somewhere in la Selva Lacondona: We are all Marias?
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publisher Taylor & Francis Group
series Cogent Arts & Humanities
issn 2331-1983
publishDate 2018-01-01
description Women’s participation in the Zapatista Revolutionary Movement improved women’s potential for gender justice as outlined in the 1994 Declaration of Women’s Rights; however, Zapatismo has struggled to implement and sustain a clear indigenous feminist agenda. In this essay, I argue that because The Indigenous Congress of Mexico does not recognize repressive indigenous patriarchal structures and solely blames capitalism and neoliberalism for persistent gendered inequity, women continue to suffer systematic gendered violence and oppression at the hands of their indigenous fathers.
topic zapatista revolutionary movement
guerillas
zapatista feminism
subcomandante marcos
indigenous rights
nafta
capitalism
neoliberalism
zapatista national liberation army
gender justice
undrip
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311983.2018.1491270
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