Mexiko: (De-)Konstruktion von Nation und Ethnie im Diskurs der Guerilla
This article investigates the fictional narratives written by „Sub-commandante Marcos“ of the Zapatista movement EZLN. It is shown that Marcos uses three distinct frames of reference in his fictional account of the Zapatista guerrilla: an ethnic, a national and a post-national one. Contrary to other...
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Universität Potsdam
2003
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| Online Access: | http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-8016 http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2006/801/ |
| Summary: | This article investigates the fictional narratives written by „Sub-commandante
Marcos“ of the Zapatista movement EZLN. It is shown that Marcos uses three distinct
frames of reference in his fictional account of the Zapatista guerrilla: an ethnic, a
national and a post-national one. Contrary to other studies that emphasize the harmony
between the three levels, it can be argued that there exists a fundamental tension
between them. There is a tension between the ethnic discourse and the Mexican
nationalist discourse which envisions a nation rather than a nation dominated by a
single ethno-cultural group. Finally, it can be deduced from these tensions that the
EZLN guerrilla is subject to divergent pressures.
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