Human Rights in the Maya Region: Global Politics, Cultural Contentions, and Moral Engagements

by Pedro Pitarch

In recent years Latin American indigenous groups have regularly deployed the discourse of human rights to legitimate their positions and pursue their goals. Perhaps nowhere is this more evident than in the Maya region of Chiapas and Guatemala, where in the last two decades indigenous social movements have been engaged in ongoing negotiations with the state, and the presence of multinational actors has brought human rights to increased prominence...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822343134
• ISBN13: 9780822343134
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.0"