04239nam 2200757Ia 450 991081059750332120200520144314.00-520-93932-81-59734-794-910.1525/9780520939325(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 a Guatemalan journey of courage, terror, and hope /Beatriz Manz ; with a foreword by Aryeh Neier1st ed.Berkeley 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.Quiche IndiansCrimes againstGuatemalaSanta Maria TzejaQuiche IndiansRelocationMexicoMassacresGuatemalaSanta Maria TzejaPolitical violenceGuatemalaSanta Maria TzejaCivil-military relationsGuatemalaSanta Maria TzejaReturn migrationGuatemalaSanta Maria TzejaSanta Maria Tzeja (Guatemala)Social conditionsSanta Maria Tzeja (Guatemala)Politics and governmentQuiche IndiansCrimes againstQuiche IndiansRelocationMassacresPolitical violenceCivil-military relationsReturn migration972.8105/2Manz Beatriz1944-1638168MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910810597503321Paradise in ashes3980427UNINA