Judith Zur

Violent Memories

Mayan War Widows In Guatemala

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Produktbeschreibung

This local study of the impact of political violence on a Maya Indian village is based on intensive fieldwork in the department of El Quich Guatemala, during 1988?1990. It examines the processes of fragmentation and realignment in a community undergoing rapid and violent change and relates local, social, cultural, and psychological phenomena to the impact of the war on widows' lives.Zur combines a narrative, life-history approach with anthropological analysis, emphasizing the way people talk about and explain the violence. She describes the survival strategies of widows and their attempts to reconstruct their lives, both on a physical level and in terms of meaning, and finds that ?remembering? is not simply the automatic engagement of the past within the present, but a process that allows widows to discover new possibilities for action and for reshaping their own positions in society.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 356
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Januar 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 578g
• ISBN-13: 9780813338972
• ISBN-10: 0813338972
• Artikelnr.: 21185242

Autorenporträt

Judith N. Zur is an independent scholar living in London.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Map
Introduction
The Search for 'Emol'
The Widows
The Anthropology of War
Organizational Structure of the Book
Notes
The Setting
Education and Language
Ethnic Diversity and Class
The Development of Religious Difference
Conclusion
Notes
Gender Relations Before 'La Violencia'
Religion and Politics
Marriage and Remarriage
The Sexual Division of Labour
Conclusion
Notes
'La Violencia'
The Course of 'La Violencia'
Characteristics of 'La Violencia'
The Guerrilla
Conclusion
Notes
Village Patrols and Their Violence
The Army and the Patrols
Instituting the Patrols
Joining the Patrols
Kotoh's Public Massacre
Undermining the Social Fabric
Conclusion
Notes
Women's Lives as Widows (Malca'nib)
Residence Following Widowhood
Female Headed Households
Attitudes to Remarriage
Relations with Others
Perceptions of Widows
Conclusion
Notes
Popular Memories of 'La Violencia'
The War on Memory
Creating a Space for Memories
The Reworking of Narratives
The Reconstruction of the Self
Conclusion
Notes
The Dead
the Disappeared
and Clandestine Graves
The Costumbrista Death
Death During 'La Violencia'
The Disappeared
The Missing Funeral
Grief
Reclaiming the Dead
Conclusion
Notes
K'iche' Theories of Causation and the Reconstruction of Meaning of 'La Violencia'
Framing 'La Violencia'
Interpreting 'La Violencia'
The Reconstruction of Meaning
Notes
Cultural Construction and Reconstruction of Danger
Preparing for the Recognition of Danger
The Things Most Feared
Manipulating Concepts of Danger
Reconceptualizing Danger
The Repercussions of the Proliferation of Danger
Conclusion
Notes
The Exhumation and Beyond
Returning to Emol
The Exhumation in Emol
After the Exhumation
Children as Symbols of the Future
Conclusion
Notes
Epilogue
List of Acronyms
Bibliography
Index
Figure 1: "Soldier Saints"
Figure 2: "Guerrilla Devils"