Mayas in Postwar Guatemala: Harvest of Violence Revisited

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CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN INDIAN STUDIES J. Anthony Paredes, Series Editor Mayas in Postwar Guatemala Harvest of Violence Revisited Edited by Walter E. Little and Timothy J. Smith THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA PRESS Tuscaloosa Copyright © 2009 The University of Alabama Press Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0380 All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Typeface: ACaslon ∞ The paper on which this book is printed meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences-Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mayas in postwar Guatemala : harvest of violence revisited / edited by Walter E. Little and Timothy J. Smith. p. cm. — (Contemporary American Indian studies) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8173-1655-6 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-8173-5536-4 (pbk. : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-8173-8243-8 (electronic : alk. paper) 1. Mayas—Guatemala—Politics and government. 2. Mayas—Crimes against—Guatemala. 3. Mayas—Guatemala— Government relations. 4. Guatemala—History—1945–1985. 5. Guatemala—History— 1985– I. Little, Walter E., 1963– II. Smith,Timothy J. F1435.3.P7M38 2009 305.897′420728109049—dc22 2008039549 Contents List of Illustrations vii Introduction: Revisiting Harvest of Violence in Postwar Guatemala Walter E. Little 1 1. Democracy Is Dissent: Political Confrontations and Indigenous Mobilization in Sololá Timothy J. Smith 16 2. Reviving Our Spirits: Revelation, Re-encuentro, and Retroceso in Post– Peace Accords Verapaz Abigail E. Adams 30 3. Peace under Fire: Understanding Evangelical Resistance to the Peace Process in a Postwar Guatemalan Town J. Jailey Philpot-Munson 42 4. Living and Selling in the “New Violence” of Guatemala Walter E. Little 54 5. Everyday Violence of Exclusion: Women in Precarious Neighborhoods of Guatemala City Liliana Goldín and Brenda Rosenbaum 67 6. Bilingual Bicultural Education: Best Intentions across a Cultural Divide Judith M. Maxwell 84 7. Intergenerational Conflict in the Postwar Era Jennifer L. Burrell 96 8. Desires and Imagination: The Economy of Humanitarianism in Guatemala José Oscar Barrera Nuñez 110 ...