For Every Indio Who Falls : A History of Maya Activism in Guatemala, 1960-1990 [1 ed.] 9780826348661, 9780826348654

In 1978, a Maya community queen stood on a stage to protest a massacre of indigenous campesinos at the hands of the Guat

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For Every Indio Who Falls : A History of Maya Activism in Guatemala, 1960-1990 [1 ed.]
9780826348661, 9780826348654

Maya Cultural Activism in Guatemala marks a new era in Guatemalan studies by offering an up-to-the-minute look at the pa

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In this first book-length treatment of Maya intellectuals in national and community affairs in Guatemala, Kay Warren pre

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Scholarship on Maya healing traditions has focused primarily on the roles of midwives, shamans, herbalists, and diviners

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Between 1944 and 1996, Guatemala experienced a revolution, counterrevolution, and civil war. Playing a pivotal role with

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Guatemala’s thirty-six-year civil war culminated in peace accords in 1996, but the postwar transition has been marked by

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In this groundbreaking new study on ladinas in Guatemala City, Patricia Harms contests the virtual erasure of women from

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Given Guatemala’s record of human rights abuses, its legal system has often been portrayed as illegitimate and anemic. I

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Given Guatemala's record of human rights abuses, its legal system has often been portrayed as illegitimate and anem

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A definitive history of consumer activism, Buying Power traces the lineage of this political tradition back to our natio

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