Lopez-Alonso, Moramay2022-08-302022-08-302022-052022-04-19May 2022Ferreira da Silva, Jose Antonio. "New Subjects, Same Old Intellectuals: Zapatismo and its Reception by the Mexican Intellectual Field (1994-2000)." (2022) Diss., Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/113156">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/113156</a>.https://hdl.handle.net/1911/113156This dissertation is for a dual degree from Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA and the Universidade Estadual de Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil. The full dissertation is in the author's home institution's language (Portuguese) and the article length summary (or article) is in the language of the second institution (English).This study focuses on reactions of the Mexican intellectual field to the Zapatista indigenous uprising, in 1994. In the context of democratic transition and modernization reforms that marked the Salinas administration, mainstream cultural magazines took part on the discussion about what that movement meant, which were their objectives, and what would be the impact over national politics. Being traditionally engaged in political debates since the 1970s, this cultural press circulated perspectives and interpretations that can be explored for a deeper understanding on how Mexican intellectuals conceived their present. Magazines such Nexos, Vuelta, and Cuadernos Americanos brought reactions and attempts to put that indigenous movement in a broader political context that encompassed many factors. My objective is to discuss some themes and discourses that surfaced at that moment, and to contextualize them in the relations that the Mexican intellectual field had with different political conceptions established by then in Mexico. The conclusions point to many commonalities and some differences that should be explained in light of that particular political context but also of the previous political positions sustained by these intellectuals. This research is part of the Dual Degree Program maintained between Rice University and UNICAMP. This text presents the third and last chapter of the final dissertation, introduced by a summary of the major findings that support the investigation and discussion proposed here. The full dissertation (in portuguese) is attached here as a supplemental file.application/pdfengCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.ZapatismoCultural MagazinesMexican Democratic TransitionMexican IntellectualsThesis2022-08-30