Mexiko: (De-)Konstruktion von Nation und Ethnie im Diskurs der Guerilla

• Main Authors: Vanden Berghe, Kristine, Maddens, Bart
• Format: Others
• Language: German
• Published: Universität Potsdam 2003
• Subjects: Mexico; Zapatistas; ethics; Political science
• Online Access: http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-8016; http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2006/801/

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.