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Mayas in Postwar Guatemala: Harvest of Violence Revisited (Contemporary American Indians)
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Paperback. Reveals how the contemporary Mayas contend with crime, political violence, internal community power struggles, and the broader impact of transnational economic and political policies in Guatemala. This work places anthropological analyses in relation to Mayan political activism and key Mayan intellectuals' research and criticism. Editor(s): Little, Walter E.; Smith, Timothy J. Series Editor(s): Paredes, J.Anthony. Series: Contemporary American Indian Studies. Num Pages: 264 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Like the original Harvest of Violence, published in 1988, this volume reveals how the contemporary Mayas contend with crime, political violence, internal community power struggles, and the broader impact of transnational economic and political policies in Guatemala. However, this work, informed by long-term ethnographic fieldwork in Mayan communities and commitment to conducting research in Mayan languages, places current anthropological analyses in relation to Mayan political activism and key Mayan intellectuals' research and criticism. Illustrating specifically how Mayas in this post-war period conceive of their social and political place in Guatemala, Mayas working in factories, fields, and markets, and participating in ... Read more
Like the original Harvest of Violence, published in 1988, this volume reveals how the contemporary Mayas contend with crime, political violence, internal community power struggles, and the broader impact of transnational economic and political policies in Guatemala. However, this work, informed by long-term ethnographic fieldwork in Mayan communities and commitment to conducting research in Mayan languages, places current anthropological analyses in relation to Mayan political activism and key Mayan intellectuals' research and criticism. Illustrating specifically how Mayas in this post-war period conceive of their social and political place in Guatemala, Mayas working in factories, fields, and markets, and participating in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Alabama Press
Condition
New
Series
Contemporary American Indian Studies
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Alabama, United States
ISBN
9780817355364
SKU
V9780817355364
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About
Walter E. Little is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Albany, SUNY. Timothy J. Smith is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the Appalachian State University.
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