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

Shirley A. Heying is applied anthropologist working primarily in the government sector.

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, Shirley A. Heying
• Assisted by: Andre J. Holten (Foreword)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.05.2024
• EAN: 9781793602312
• ISBN: 978-1-79360-231-2
• No. of pages: 346
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Ethnic Studies, Latin America, True Crime, TRUE CRIME / General, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies, Caribbean islands, Indigenous Peoples, Relating to indigenous peoples, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General