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Author Sanford, Victoria.

Title Buried secrets : truth and human rights in Guatemala / Victoria Sanford.

Publication Info. New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  F1435.3.C75 S26 2003    Available  ---
Edition 1st ed.
Description xviii, 313 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-307) and index.
Contents List of abbreviations -- List of photos -- Acknowledgements -- Prologue -- Introduction -- ch. 1. "The bones don't lie" -- ch. 2. The silencing of Maya women -- ch. 3. "It fills my heart with sadness" : ethnography of genocide part 1 -- ch. 4. The exhumation and the Anti-Christ : ethnography of genocide part 2 -- ch. 5. The phenomenology of terror -- ch. 6. Guatemalan Army campaigns of genocide -- ch. 7. From survivor testimonies to the discourse of power -- ch. 8. The power effects of declaring the truth -- ch. 9. Excavations of the heart : healing fragmented communities -- ch. 10. Genocide and the "grey zone" of justice -- Notes -- Index.
Subject Mayas -- Crimes against -- Guatemala.
Mayas -- Crimes against.
Guatemala.
Mayas.
Human rights -- Guatemala.
Human rights.
Mayas -- Guatemala -- Government relations.
Political violence -- Guatemala.
Political violence.
Genocide -- Guatemala.
Genocide.
Indexed Term Crímenes contra los mayas Guatemala.
Derechos humanos Guatemala.
Mayas Guatemala Relaciones con el Estado.
Violencia política Guatemala.
Subject Human rights.
Added Title Truth and human rights in Guatemala
ISBN 1403960232
1403960976