Fear as a Way of Life

Erscheinungsjahr 1999
ISBN: 978-0-231-10033-5
Verlag: Columbia University Press

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 349 g

Between the late 1970s and the mid-1980s, the people of Guatemala were subjected to a state-sponsored campaign of political violence and repression designed to not only defeat a left-wing, revolutionary insurgency but also destroy Mayan communities and culture. The Mayan Indians in the western highlands were labeled by the government as revolutionary sympathizers, and many Mayan women lost husbands, sons, and other family members who were brutally murdered or who simply "disappeared."

Based on years of field research conducted in the rural highlands, Fear as a Way of Life traces the intricate links between the recent political violence and repression and the long-term systemic violence connected with class inequalities and gender and ethnic oppression;the violence of everyday life.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Green, Linda

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophische Anthropologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsAuthor's NoteSix Women from Xe'caj

PART ONE A LEGACY OF VIOLENCE

1. In the Aftermath of War: An Introduction2. The Altiplano: A History of Violence and Survival3. Living in a State of Fear

PART TWO A LEGACY OF SURVIVAL

4. From Wives to Widows: Subsistence and Social Relations5. The Embodiment of Violence: Lived Lives and Social Suffering6. The Dialectics of Cloth7. Shifting Affiliations: Social Exigencies and Evangelicos8. Mutual Betrayal and Collective Dignity

notesGlossary BibliographyIndex

Über Autor(innen)

Linda Green is assistant professor of anthropology and international and public affairs at Columbia University.