ABSTRACT

This local study of the impact of political violence on a Maya Indian village is based on intensive fieldwork in the department of El Quiche, Guatemala, during 1988-1990. It examines the processes of fragmentation and realignment in a community undergoing rapid and violent change and relates local, social, cultural, and psychological phenomena to t

chapter 1|26 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|24 pages

The Setting

chapter 4|26 pages

‘La Violencia’

chapter 5|34 pages

Village Patrols and Their Violence

chapter 6|32 pages

Women’s Lives as Widows (Malca’nib) 1

chapter 7|32 pages

Popular Memories of ‘La Violencia’

chapter 11|32 pages

The Exhumations and Beyond

chapter |2 pages

Epilogue