"Dancing with the Zapatistas stands out for its commitment to one of the most important social struggles of our time, its integration of the work of great scholars, artists, and activists into a cohesive and engaging form, and its clear dedication to advancing scholarship without abandoning the search for social justice. Finding audiences among academics, activists, and general readers interested in the Zapatistas, this project makes a fantastic contribution." — Pedro Lasch, author of Black Mirror/Espejo Negro and Art of the MOOC: Merging Public Art & Experimental Education
"In their digital anthology, Dancing with the Zapatistas, Diana Taylor and Lori Novak show us how the Zapatista movement has redefined resistance to neoliberal economics, state tyranny, and racism for the twenty-first century: not through the barrel of a gun but with political creativity, artistry, performance, social media, poetry, and song. In seventeen interactive, multi-media essays on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the Zapatista insurrection, contributors bring us Zapatista songs, murals, speeches, interviews, and personal reflections from twenty years of autonomous government. Most importantly, the interconnectivity of each essay in the anthology mimics the Zapatista politics of global connectivity, hyper-linking Zapatista political and cultural performances in their autonomous caracoles to hemispheric artists, hacktivists, scholars, and dramaturges whose own work is inspired by the Zapatistas, their cybernetic, postmodern politics, their mandando desde abajo. This anthology answers the question, 'what are the Zapatistas up to lately?' with an invaluable visual and audio record of the their movement's after lives, both inside and beyond the autonomous zones in Chiapas. It is a must read for any scholar, activist, or artist interested in the possibility meaningful change in people's daily lives, in the expansion of indigenous rights, and in sustainable social movements. Teachers and professors in Latin American and U.S. studies, in Performance and Visual studies, in Feminist and Queer studies, and in Indigenous and Ethnic studies will be assigning this book in their courses for years to come." — Maria Josefina Saldaña-Portillo, author of Indian Given: Racial Geographies across Mexico and the United States