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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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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  972.81 S224B    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
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.
Human rights -- Guatemala.
Mayas -- Guatemala -- Government relations.
Political violence -- Guatemala.
Genocide -- Guatemala.
Indexed Term Crímenes contra los mayas Guatemala.
Derechos humanos Guatemala.
Mayas Guatemala Relaciones con el Estado.
Violencia política Guatemala.
Added Title Truth and human rights in Guatemala
ISBN 1403960232
1403960976
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