Gather Zapotec Renaissance: Ethnic Politics And Cultural Revivalism In Southern Mexico Fabricated By Howard Campbell Shown As Textbook

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Zapotec people of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in southern Mexico have defied stereotypes of poor, downtrodden, and exploited Mexican Indians by creating one of the most dynamic indigenous political and cultural movements in Latin America.

Intensely proud of their history and culture, the Isthmus Zapotecs control many local political offices, run much of the local commerce, and enjoy a lively cultural movement.
To a larger degree than is common in Mexico, Zapotec women enjoy equality with men and homosexuality is tolerated and accepted.
The Zapotecs have formed a radical indigenous political movementCoalicion Obrera Campesina Estudiantil del Istmo COCEIwhose victory in themunicipal elections in Juchitan, Oaxaca, over the seemingly invincible Revolutionalry Institutional Party PRI marked the first time the leftist opposition had controlled a Mexican city since the Revolution.

This book is about their historyboth past and presentand how it is remembered, drawn upon, and created by contemporary Zapotec intellectuals and politicians and used as a weapon to organize the Zapotec people and to wrest control of

their community from PRI.

Professor of AnthropologyDepartment of Sociology and AnthropologyUniversity of Texas at El Paso,