| Mayas in Postwar Guatemala: Harvest of Violence Revisited First Edition, Edition Contributor(s): Young, Kevin (Editor), Stoll, David (Contribution by), Rosenbaum, Brenda (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 0817355367 ISBN-13: 9780817355364 Publisher: University Alabama Press OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies - Social Science | Anthropology - General |
| Dewey: 305.897 |
| LCCN: 2008039549 |
| Series: Contemporary American Indian Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (0.90 lbs) 264 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 local, community-level politics provide critiques of the government, the Maya movement, and the general state of insecurity and social and political violence that they continue to face on a daily basis. Their critical assessments and efforts to improve political, social, and economic conditions illustrate their resiliency and positive, nonviolent solutions to Guatemala's ongoing problems that deserve serious consideration by Guatemalan and US policy makers, international non-government organizations, peace activists, and even academics studying politics, social agency, and the survival of indigenous people.CONTRIBUTORSAbigail E. Adams / Jos Oscar Barrera Nu ez / Peter Benson / Barbara Bocek / Jennifer L. Burrell / Robert M. Carmack / Monica DeHart / Edward F. Fischer / Liliana Gold n / Walter E. Little / Judith M. Maxwell / J. Jailey Philpot-Munson / Brenda Rosenbaum / Timothy J. Smith / David Stoll |