Child Survivors of Genocide - Trauma, Resilience, and Identity in Guatemala

This book examines the experiences of orphaned child survivors of Guatemala's 36-year internal armed conflict and genocide who were raised in an in-country permanent residential home. Now adults, they have faced long-term consequences but also have become resilient, well-adapted adults with a strong sense of identity and belonging.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Origins and Orientations
Chapter 2: Destroying the Seed
Chapter 3: Trauma and Loss
Chapter 4: Trauma and Resilience
Chapter 5: Born Indigenous, Die Indigenous
Chapter 6: Making a Future
Chapter 7: Giving Away the Future

About the author

By Shirley A. Heying - Foreword by Andre J. Holten

Summary

This book examines the experiences of orphaned child survivors of Guatemala’s 36-year internal armed conflict and genocide who were raised in an in-country permanent residential home. Now adults, they have faced long-term consequences but also have become resilient, well-adapted adults with a strong sense of identity and belonging.

Product details

• Authors: Shirley A. Heying
• Assisted by: Andre J. Holten (Foreword)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2022
• EAN: 9781793602299
• ISBN: 978-1-79360-229-9
• No. of pages: 346
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies, Indigenous Peoples