Silenced Communities : Legacies Of Militarization And Militarism In A Rural Guatemalan Town

The methodological crisis revisited -- A postcolonial reenactment : the Cold War Civil Self-Defense Patrol system -- A chameleon-like army : civic action, a postcolonial strategy -- The beheading of a popular Maya uprising in a "red community"--Early disbanding, postwar resistance and na'tab'al (memory) -- "Inverted discourse" : collaboration in "white communities" -- Nationalistic mythology revival : failure to dismantle the internal enemy myth -- A "silence that hurts" : garrison communities -- Militaristic legacies : lynching and La Cadena -- Decree 3-2014 : a foreseen aftermath

• | Author: Marcia Esparza
• | Publisher: Berghahn Books
• | Publication Date: Oct 01, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 294 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1785336878
• | ISBN-13: 9781785336874