A beauty that hurts : life and death in Guatemala

Lovell, W. George (William George), 1951- author.

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"Though a 1996 peace accord brought a formal end to a conflict that had lasted for thirty-six years, Guatemala's violent past continues to scar its troubled present and seems destined to haunt its uncertain future. George Lovell brings to this revised and expanded edition of A Beauty That Hurts decades of fieldwork throughout Guatemala, as well as archival research. He locates the roots of conflict in geographies of inequality that arose during c...

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Guatemala History 1945-1985

Guatemala History 1985-

Human rights Guatemala

Indigenous peoples Guatemala Government relations

Maya Guatemala Government relations

Part of a Series:

Linda Schele series in Maya and pre-Columbian studies The Linda Schele series in Maya and pre-Columbian studies

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ISBN:

9780292721838

Edition:

Second revised edition

Description:

xv, 206 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 23 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

Struggle and survival. Q'anjob'al Canadian ; Nobel K'iche' ; Jakaltek American ; Doña Magdalene ; Through a lens, darkly ; Devils and angels
Blood and ink. The delivery man ; Into the fire ; Peace of the dead ; Futility at the polls ; Civilian rule ; A militarized society ; The daily news ; The fiction of democracy ; Searching for peace ; Scarred by war ; How was Guatemala?
Spaniards, Ladinos, and the enduring Maya. The colonial experience ; The century after independence ; Arbenz and the fruit company ; The T-shirt parade ; Natives in the backcountry

LCCN:

2009033444

Control Number:

2817512

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