Fear As a Way of Life - Mayan Widows in Rural Guatemala

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Linda Green
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.07.1999
• EAN: 9780231100328
• ISBN: 978-0-231-10032-8
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; Guatemala, Ethnic Studies, History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, HISTORY / Latin America / Central America, Gender studies: women and girls, comparative politics; Latin America