Prof. June Nash

I had the opportunity to go out for coffee with Prof. June Nash today, before her lecture, "Alternative Paths to Modernity: The Mayan Imaginary and the Quest for Autonomy." Her work is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the Zapatista revolt in Chiapas. Check out, in particular, "The Fiesta of the Word: The Zapatista Uprising and Radical Democracy in Mexico," and "The Reassertion of Indigenous Identity: Mayan Responses to State Intervention in Chiapas." Mark Berger provides a helpful summary of her work and principal ideas in his excellent review of the literature, "Romancing the Zapatistas: International Intellectuals and the Chiapas Rebellion."