Marcia Esparza: 2 books
Silenced Communities
Legacies of Militarization and Militarism in a Rural Guatemalan Town
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2017
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...
by Stephanie Alfaro, Jeffrey Blustein, Pascale Bonnefoy
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2016
This book explores the significance of remembering the rescuers denouncing human rights crimes as well as protecting and sheltering targeted victims—including the dead—during the Cold War state violence in Latin America. In light of newly unearthed archival evidence, testimonial memories, and...