El carácter fronterizo de las identidades contemporáneas: el caso de Chiapas

The thesis or hypothesis of this paper is that the multiple connections of explicit and implicit life styles foster the construction of hybrid, multiple or complex identities. We mean by hybrid identities the confluence of multiple identifications in the personal biography. If the globalization and cultural diversity are the fundamental forms of global life, the mobility is its principal ingredient. We describe different cultural traits in Chiapas. Internet, migration to United States, or the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), between North America, Canada, and Mexico, were hybridized with the heterogeneity of identity (ethnic, linguistic, and religious). It is discussed the social and political consequences of the hybrid contemporary societies