Guatemala, the Question of Genocide (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Oglesby, Elizabeth A.; Nelson, Diane M.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

In this book, Guatemalan and international scholars rigorously explore the complexities of the Guatemala genocide trial of 2013, and reflect upon its implications for understanding and prosecuting genocide more broadly. It was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Genocide Research.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351401333
• Artikelnr.: 57433728

Autorenporträt

Elizabeth Oglesby is Associate Professor of Latin American Studies and Geography at the University of Arizona, USA. She has worked in Guatemala since 1986 and is co-editor of The Guatemala Reader: History, Culture, Politics. In 2013, she testified as an expert witness in the Guatemala genocide trial. Diane Nelson is a cultural anthropologist at Duke University, USA, and has worked in Guatemala since 1985. Her books include Who Counts: The Mathematics of Death and Life After Genocide; Reckoning: The Ends of War in Guatemala; and A Finger in the Wound: Body Politics in Quincentennial Guatemala.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Guatemala's genocide trial and the nexus of racism and
counterinsurgency Elizabeth Oglesby and Diane M. Nelson 2. From heaven to
hell in ten days: the genocide trial in Guatemala Jo-Marie Burt 3.
Bonesetting: the algebra of genocide Diane M. Nelson 4. International
accompaniment, reflexivity and the intelligibility of power in
post-conflict Guatemala Etienne Roy Grégoire and Karen Hamilton 5.
Surviving in the margins of a genocide case in the making: recognizing the
economy of testimony at stake in research on political violence Karine
Vanthuyne and Ricardo Falla 6. Perpetrators: specialization, willingness,
group pressure and incentives. Lessons from the Guatemalan acts of genocide
Manolo E. Vela Castañeda 7. 'Our ongoing fight for justice': the pasts and
futures of genocidio and justicia in Guatemala Heather A. Vrana 8. Carrying
a heavy load: Mayan women's understandings of reparation in the aftermath
of genocide Alison Crosby, M. Brinton Lykes and Brisna Caxaj 9. Peace
without social reconciliation? Understanding the trial of Generals Ríos
Montt and Rodriguez Sánchez in the wake of Guatemala's genocide Roddy Brett
10. 'The realities of power': David Stoll and the story of the 1982
Guatemalan genocide Marc Drouin 11. The reconciliation trap: disputing
genocide and the land issue in postwar Guatemala Berthold Molden 12. Waging
peace: a new generation of Ixiles confronts the debts of war in Guatemala
Krisjon Olson 13. The Ríos Montt case and universal jurisdiction Amy Ross