Violent Memories: Mayan War Widows in Guatemala

by Judith N. Zur

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813338972
• ISBN13: 9780813338972
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"