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Silenced Communities: Legacies of Militarization and Militarism in a Rural Guatemalan Town

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Silenced Communities: Legacies of Militarization and Militarism in a Rural Guatemalan Town - Esparza, Marcia
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"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 Tomaas Chichicastenango following the conflict. Combining insights from postcolonialism, subaltern studies, and theories of internal colonialism, Esparza explores the remarkable resilience of ideologies and practices engendered in the context of the Cold War ...

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Silenced Communities: Legacies of Militarization and Militarism in a Rural Guatemalan Town 2017, Berghahn Books, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9781785336874

Hardcover