For every indio who falls : a history of Maya activism in Guatemala, 1960-1990 /

Scholars have disagreed about Maya participation in Guatemala's civil war, and the development of oppositional activism by Mayas during the war is poorly understood. Betsy Konefal explores this history in detail, examining the roots and diversity of Maya organizing and its place in the unfoldin...

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Main Author: Konefal, Betsy, 1967-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2010.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • "Two bloods!": defining race and nation
  • Mayas mobilized
  • Envisioning the Pueblo
  • Reinas indígenas and the authentic Maya
  • Radicalizing violence
  • "Pueblo against Pueblo"
  • May all rise up?