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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465854503321

Autore

Martínez Salazar Egla <1959->

Titolo

Global coloniality of power in Guatemala [[electronic resource] ] : racism, genocide, citizenship / / Egla Martínez Salazar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham [Md.], : Lexington Books, 2012

ISBN

1-283-53902-0

9786613851475

0-7391-4124-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 p.)

Disciplina

305.80097281

Soggetti

Genocide - Guatemala - History - 20th century

Racism - Guatemala

Mayas - Violence against - Guatemala

Mayas - Crimes against - Guatemala

Women - Violence against - Guatemala

Women - Crimes against - Guatemala

Electronic books.

Guatemala Ethnic relations

Guatemala History Civil War, 1960-1996 Atrocities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Table of Contents; Table of Figures; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Genealogical Backgrounds of Power; 3 Structural and Everyday Practices of Racism; 4 Genocide as a Tool to Eliminate the Racialized and Politically "Undesirable"; 5 The Bureaucracy of Death and Vilified Memories; 6 Citizenship as Repression and a Space of Inclusion-Exclusion; 7 Some Concluding Thoughts; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The dynamics of coloniality of power in guatemala as expressed in the racialized, classed and gendered genocide, citizenship and in peoples' resistance.