Shadows of Tender Fury: Letters and Communiques of Subcomandante Marcos and the Zapatista Army of National Liberation

Frank Bardacke

ISBN 10: 0853459185 / ISBN 13: 9780853459187

Published by Monthly Review Press,U.S., 1995

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Shadows of Tender Fury: Letters and Communiques of Subcomandante Marcos and the Zapatista Army of National Liberation
• Publisher: Monthly Review Press,U.S.
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0853459185
• ISBN 13: 9780853459187
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 370 grams

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Synopsis

Since the 1994 uprisings in the Mexican state of Chiapas, the spokesman of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation, a masked rebel who calls himself Subcomandante Marcos, has become a symbol of revolt in the post-cold war era. Here are the words of Marcos―letters, stories for children, military communiqués, demands, poems, descriptions of colonial exploitation, travelogues, history lessons, spoofs of magic realism, subtle jokes, and inspiring anecdotes―which recast Mexican politics and revived rebel imaginations everywhere. They look backward to the traditions of Indian resistance and the dominant ideals of the Mexican revolution; they look forward to political strategies, styles, and theories that challenge the dominance of capitalism. The wit, anger, irony, and eloquence of these letters and communiqués document how history is being made after “the end of history.”

The Introduction by John Ross situates the Zapatistas in the context of Mexican history and the Afterword by Frank Bardacke discusses their language and politics, as well as their meaning for the U.S. left.

Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Spanish