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by Jennifer L. Burrell

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Guatemala's thirty-six-year civil war culminated in peace accords in 1996, but the postwar transition has been marked by continued violence, including lynchings and the rise of gangs, as well as massive wage-labor exodus to the United States. For the Mam Maya municipality of Todos Santos Cuchumatn, inhabited by a predominantly indigenous peasant population, the aftermath of war and genocide resonates with a long-standing tension between state techniques of governance and ancient community-level power structures that incorporated concepts of kinship, gender, and generation. Showing the ways in which these complex histories are interlinked with wartime and enduring family/class conflicts, Maya after War provides a nuanced account of a unique transitional postwar situation, including the complex influence of neoliberal intervention.

Drawing on ethnographic field research over a twenty-year period, Jennifer L. Burrell explores the after-war period in a locale where community struggles span culture, identity, and history. Investigating a range of tensions from the local to the international, Burrell employs unique methodologies, including mapmaking, history workshops, and an informal translation of a historic ethnography, to analyze the role of conflict in animating what matters to Todosanteros in their everyday lives and how the residents negotiate power. Examining the community-based divisions alongside national postwar contexts, Maya after War considers the aura of hope that surrounded the signing of the peace accords, and the subsequent doubt and waiting that have fueled unrest, encompassing generational conflicts. This study is a rich analysis of the multifaceted forces at work in the quest for peace, in Guatemala and beyond.

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  • Title Maya After War: Conflict, Power, and Politics in Guatemala
  • Author Jennifer L. Burrell
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 235
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Texas Press
  • Publication date 2013-06-01
  • Features Bibliography
  • ISBN 9780292762015 / 0292762011
  • Weight 0.77 lbs (0.35 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.54 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 1.37 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Latin America
    • Interdisciplinary Studies: Hispanic/Latino Studies
  • Category Archaeology / Anthropology
  • Dewey Decimal Code 305.800

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Jennifer L. Burrell is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University at Albany-SUNY, where she is a faculty affiliate of the Department of Latin America, Caribbean, and U.S. Latino Studies and the Institute for Mesoamerican Studies. She is a Fulbright fellow and recipient of several prizes and coedited Central America in the New Millennium.

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