05267nam 2201129Ia 450 991078044810332120230207223251.00-520-93932-81-59734-794-910.1525/9780520939325(CKB)111090529080626(EBL)224115(OCoLC)70741800(SSID)ssj0000217853(PQKBManifestationID)11190083(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000217853(PQKBWorkID)10213295(PQKB)10982121(MiAaPQ)EBC224115(DE-B1597)519565(OCoLC)55857968(DE-B1597)9780520939325(Au-PeEL)EBL224115(CaPaEBR)ebr10058564(EXLCZ)9911109052908062620030507d2004 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrParadise in ashes[electronic resource] a Guatemalan journey of courage, terror, and hope /Beatriz Manz ; with a foreword by Aryeh NeierBerkeley University of California Pressc20041 online resource (337 p.)California series in public anthropology ;8Description based upon print version of record.0-520-24675-6 0-520-24016-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Illustrations --Foreword --Acknowledgments --Maps --Introduction --1. The Highland Homeland --2. Settling in the Promised Land --3. The War Finds Paradise --4. Ashes, Exodus, and Faded Dreams --5. A Militarized Village --6. Reunification --7. Treading between Fear and Hope --Notes --Bibliography --IndexParadise in Ashes is a deeply engaged and moving account of the violence and repression that defined the murderous Guatemalan civil war of the 1980's. In this compelling book, Beatriz Manz-an anthropologist who spent over two decades studying the Mayan highlands and remote rain forests of Guatemala-tells the story of the village of Santa María Tzejá, near the border with Mexico. Manz writes eloquently about Guatemala's tortured history and shows how the story of this village-its birth, destruction, and rebirth-embodies the forces and conflicts that define the country today. Drawing on interviews with peasants, community leaders, guerrillas, and paramilitary forces, Manz creates a richly detailed political portrait of Santa María Tzejá, where highland Maya peasants seeking land settled in the 1970's. Manz describes these villagers' plight as their isolated, lush, but deceptive paradise became one of the centers of the war convulsing the entire country. After their village was viciously sacked in 1982, desperate survivors fled into the surrounding rain forest and eventually to Mexico, and some even further, to the United States, while others stayed behind and fell into the military's hands. With great insight and compassion, Manz follows their flight and eventual return to Santa María Tzejá, where they sought to rebuild their village and their lives.California series in public anthropology ;8.Quiché IndiansCrimes againstGuatemalaSanta María TzejáQuiché IndiansRelocationMexicoMassacresGuatemalaSanta María TzejáPolitical violenceGuatemalaSanta María TzejáCivil-military relationsGuatemalaSanta María TzejáReturn migrationGuatemalaSanta María TzejáSanta María Tzejá (Guatemala)Social conditionsSanta María Tzejá (Guatemala)Politics and government1980s.20th century.anthropologists.central america.cultural history.ethnography.guatemala.guatemalan civil war.guerrillas.historians.historical perspective.history of violence.illustrated.indigenous histories.land disputes.latin american history.maps.maya peasants.mayan highlands.mexico.nonfiction.paramilitary forces.political conflict.rainforests.refugees.repression.santa maria tzeja.social sciences.textbooks.united states.village life.war.Quiché IndiansCrimes againstQuiché IndiansRelocationMassacresPolitical violenceCivil-military relationsReturn migration972.8105/2Manz Beatriz1944-1486804MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780448103321Paradise in ashes3706416UNINA