The Resource Maya after war : conflict, power, and politics in Guatemala, by Jennifer L. Burrell
Maya after war : conflict, power, and politics in Guatemala, by Jennifer L. Burrell
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- Summary
- Overview: Guatemala's thirty-six-year civil war culminated in peace accords in 1996, but the postwar transition has been marked by continued violence, including lynchings and the rise of gangs, as well as massive wage-labor exodus to the United States. For the Mam Maya municipality of Todos Santos Cuchumatan, inhabited by a predominantly indigenous peasant population, the aftermath of war and genocide resonates with a long-standing tension between state techniques of governance and ancient community-level power structures that incorporated concepts of kinship, gender, and generation. Showing the ways in which these complex histories are interlinked with wartime and enduring family/class conflicts, Maya after War provides a nuanced account of a unique transitional postwar situation, including the complex influence of neoliberal intervention. Drawing on ethnographic field research over a twenty-year period, Jennifer L. Burrell explores the after-war period in a locale where community struggles span culture, identity, and history. Investigating a range of tensions from the local to the international, Burrell employs unique methodologies, including mapmaking, history workshops, and an informal translation of a historic ethnography, to analyze the role of conflict in animating what matters to Todosanteros in their everyday lives and how the residents negotiate power. Examining the community-based divisions alongside national postwar contexts, Maya after War considers the aura of hope that surrounded the signing of the peace accords, and the subsequent doubt and waiting that have fueled unrest, encompassing generational conflicts. This study is a rich analysis of the multifaceted forces at work in the quest for peace, in Guatemala and beyond
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xii, 221 p.
- Contents
-
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- War and la violencia in Todos Santos: accounting for the past
- Localities in conflict: spaces and the politics of mapmaking
- Histories and silences
- Reimagining fiesta: migration, culture and neoliberalism
- After lynching
- Life and death of a rural marero: generations in conflict
- Epilogue: Waiting after war
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Isbn
- 9780292745674
- Label
- Maya after war : conflict, power, and politics in Guatemala
- Title
- Maya after war
- Title remainder
- conflict, power, and politics in Guatemala
- Statement of responsibility
- by Jennifer L. Burrell
- Subject
-
- Guatemala
- Guatemala -- Ethnic relations
- Guatemala -- Politics and government
- Guatemala -- Race relations
- Guatemaltekischer Bürgerkrieg
- Maya
- Ethnic conflict -- Guatemala
- Mayas -- Violence against -- Guatemala
- Minderheitenfrage
- Nachkriegszeit
- Social conflict -- Guatemala
- Sozialer Konflikt
- Mayas -- Crimes against -- Guatemala
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Overview: Guatemala's thirty-six-year civil war culminated in peace accords in 1996, but the postwar transition has been marked by continued violence, including lynchings and the rise of gangs, as well as massive wage-labor exodus to the United States. For the Mam Maya municipality of Todos Santos Cuchumatan, inhabited by a predominantly indigenous peasant population, the aftermath of war and genocide resonates with a long-standing tension between state techniques of governance and ancient community-level power structures that incorporated concepts of kinship, gender, and generation. Showing the ways in which these complex histories are interlinked with wartime and enduring family/class conflicts, Maya after War provides a nuanced account of a unique transitional postwar situation, including the complex influence of neoliberal intervention. Drawing on ethnographic field research over a twenty-year period, Jennifer L. Burrell explores the after-war period in a locale where community struggles span culture, identity, and history. Investigating a range of tensions from the local to the international, Burrell employs unique methodologies, including mapmaking, history workshops, and an informal translation of a historic ethnography, to analyze the role of conflict in animating what matters to Todosanteros in their everyday lives and how the residents negotiate power. Examining the community-based divisions alongside national postwar contexts, Maya after War considers the aura of hope that surrounded the signing of the peace accords, and the subsequent doubt and waiting that have fueled unrest, encompassing generational conflicts. This study is a rich analysis of the multifaceted forces at work in the quest for peace, in Guatemala and beyond
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Burrell, Jennifer L
- Dewey number
- 305.80097281
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- F1435.3.C75
- LC item number
- B87 2013
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Mayas
- Mayas
- Social conflict
- Ethnic conflict
- Guatemala
- Guatemala
- Guatemala
- Maya
- Minderheitenfrage
- Sozialer Konflikt
- Guatemaltekischer Bürgerkrieg
- Nachkriegszeit
- Guatemala
- Label
- Maya after war : conflict, power, and politics in Guatemala, by Jennifer L. Burrell
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- War and la violencia in Todos Santos: accounting for the past -- Localities in conflict: spaces and the politics of mapmaking -- Histories and silences -- Reimagining fiesta: migration, culture and neoliberalism -- After lynching -- Life and death of a rural marero: generations in conflict -- Epilogue: Waiting after war -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
- Control code
- ocn810273625
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xii, 221 p.
- Isbn
- 9780292745674
- Isbn Type
- (cloth : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2012035821
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- ill., maps
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780292745674
- (OCoLC)810273625
- Label
- Maya after war : conflict, power, and politics in Guatemala, by Jennifer L. Burrell
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- War and la violencia in Todos Santos: accounting for the past -- Localities in conflict: spaces and the politics of mapmaking -- Histories and silences -- Reimagining fiesta: migration, culture and neoliberalism -- After lynching -- Life and death of a rural marero: generations in conflict -- Epilogue: Waiting after war -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
- Control code
- ocn810273625
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xii, 221 p.
- Isbn
- 9780292745674
- Isbn Type
- (cloth : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2012035821
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- ill., maps
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780292745674
- (OCoLC)810273625
Subject
- Guatemala
- Guatemala -- Ethnic relations
- Guatemala -- Politics and government
- Guatemala -- Race relations
- Guatemaltekischer Bürgerkrieg
- Maya
- Ethnic conflict -- Guatemala
- Mayas -- Violence against -- Guatemala
- Minderheitenfrage
- Nachkriegszeit
- Social conflict -- Guatemala
- Sozialer Konflikt
- Mayas -- Crimes against -- Guatemala
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