Silenced communities : legacies of militarization and militarism in a rural Guatemalan town /

"Although the Guatemalan Civil War ended more than two decades ago, its bloody legacy continues to resonate even today. In Silenced Communities, author Marcia Esparza offers an ethnographic account of the failed demilitarization of the rural militia in the town of Santo Tomás Chichicastenango...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Esparza, Marcia (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, 2018.
Temas:
1960-1996
Civil-military relations > Guatemala.
Human rights > Guatemala.
Militarism > Guatemala.
Relations pouvoir civil-pouvoir militaire > Guatemala.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international) > Guatemala.
Militarisme > Guatemala.
HISTORY > Latin America > Mexico.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Genocide & War Crimes.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Armed Forces > Civic action
Armed Forces > Demobilization
Civil-military relations
Human rights
Militarism
Militia
Chichicastenango (Guatemala) > History.
Guatemala > Militia > History.
Guatemala > Armed Forces > Demobilization.
Guatemala > Armed Forces > Civic action.
Guatemala > History > Civil War, 1960-1996 > Influence.
Guatemala > Histoire > 1960-1996 (Guerre civile) > Influence.
Guatemala
Guatemala > Chichicastenango
civil patrols > PACs
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The methodological crisis revisited
  • A postcolonial reenactment : the Cold War Civil Self-Defense Patrol system
  • A chameleon-like army : civic action, a postcolonial strategy
  • The beheading of a popular Maya uprising in a "red community"
  • Early disbanding, postwar resistance and na'tab'al (memory)
  • "Inverted discourse" : collaboration in "white communities"
  • Nationalistic mythology revival : failure to dismantle the internal enemy myth
  • A "silence that hurts" : garrison communities
  • Militaristic legacies : lynching and La Cadena
  • Decree 3-2014 : a foreseen aftermath.

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