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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Esparza, Marcia

Titel

Silenced Communities : Legacies of Militarization and Militarism in a Rural Guatemalan Town

Ort / Verlag

New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books

Erscheinungsjahr

[2017]

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• Although the Guatemalan Civil War ended more than two decades ago, its bloody legacy continues to resonate even today. In Silenced Communities, author Marcia Esparza offers an ethnographic account of the failed demilitarization of the rural militia in the town of Santo Tomás Chichicastenango following the conflict. Combining insights from postcolonialism, subaltern studies, and theories of internal colonialism, Esparza explores the remarkable resilience of ideologies and practices engendered in the context of the Cold War, demonstrating how the lingering effects of grassroots militarization affect indigenous communities that continue to struggle with inequality and marginalization