Judith Zur

Violent Memories

Mayan War Widows In Guatemala

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Produktbeschreibung

This local study of the impact of political violence on a Maya Indian village is based on intensive fieldwork in the department of El Quiche, Guatemala, during 1988-1990. . Zur combines a narrative, life-history approach with anthropological analysis, emphasizing the way people talk about and explain the violence.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 356
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. August 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9780367313838
• ISBN-10: 0367313839
• Artikelnr.: 57733731

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. The Setting
3. Gender Relations Before 'La Violencia'
4. 'La Violencia'
5. Village Patrols and Their Violence
6. Women's Lives as Widows (Malca'nib)
7. Popular Memories of 'La Violencia'
8. The Dead, the Disappeared, and Clandestine Graves
9. K'iche' Theories of Causation and the Reconstruction of Meaning of 'La Violencia'
10. Cultural Construction and Reconstruction of Danger
11. The Exhumation and Beyond.