Guatemala, the Question of Genocide

ISBN-13: 9781138301757 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 254 str.

Elizabeth A. Oglesby; Diane M. Nelson

Opis

In this book, Guatemalan and international scholars rigorously explore the complexities of the Guatemala genocide trial of 2013, and reflect upon its implications for understanding and prosecuting genocide more broadly. It was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Genocide Research.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Guatemala’s genocide trial and the nexus of racism and counterinsurgency Elizabeth Oglesby and Diane M. Nelson  2. From heaven to hell in ten days: the genocide trial in Guatemala Jo-Marie Burt  3. Bonesetting: the algebra of genocide Diane M. Nelson  4. International accompaniment, reflexivity and the intelligibility of power in post-conflict Guatemala Etienne Roy Grégoire and Karen Hamilton  5. Surviving in the margins of a genocide case in the making: recognizing the economy of testimony at stake in research on political violence Karine Vanthuyne and Ricardo Falla  6. Perpetrators: specialization, willingness, group pressure and incentives. Lessons from the Guatemalan acts of genocide Manolo E. Vela Castañeda  7. ‘Our ongoing fight for justice’: the pasts and futures of genocidio and justicia in Guatemala Heather A. Vrana  8. Carrying a heavy load: Mayan women’s understandings of reparation in the aftermath of genocide Alison Crosby, M. Brinton Lykes and Brisna Caxaj  9. Peace without social reconciliation? Understanding the trial of Generals Ríos Montt and Rodriguez Sánchez in the wake of Guatemala’s genocide Roddy Brett  10. ‘The realities of power’: David Stoll and the story of the 1982 Guatemalan genocide Marc Drouin  11. The reconciliation trap: disputing genocide and the land issue in postwar Guatemala Berthold Molden  12. Waging peace: a new generation of Ixiles confronts the debts of war in Guatemala Krisjon Olson  13. The Ríos Montt case and universal jurisdiction Amy Ross

O autorze

Elizabeth Oglesby is Associate Professor of Latin American Studies and Geography at the University of Arizona, USA. She has worked in Guatemala since 1986 and is co-editor of The Guatemala Reader: History, Culture, Politics. In 2013, she testified as an expert witness in the Guatemala genocide trial. Diane Nelson is a cultural anthropologist at Duke University, USA, and has worked in Guatemala since 1985. Her books include Who Counts: The Mathematics of Death and Life After Genocide; Reckoning: The Ends of War in Guatemala; and A Finger in the Wound: Body Politics in Quincentennial Guatemala.