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Violent Memories

Mayan War Widows In Guatemala
By:Judith Zur
Publisher:Taylor & Francis
Print ISBN:9780813327990
eText ISBN:9780429982873
Edition:1
Copyright:1998
Format:Reflowable

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This local study of the impact of political violence on a Maya Indian village is based on intensive fieldwork in the department of El Quiche, 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 t