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For Every Indio Who Falls - A History of Maya Activism in Guatemala, 1960-1990 (Paperback)
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For Every Indio Who Falls - A History of Maya Activism in Guatemala, 1960-1990 (Paperback)
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In 1978, a Maya community queen stood on a stage to protest a
massacre of indigenous campesinos at the hands of the Guatemalan
state he spoke graphically to the dead and to the living alike:
'Brothers of Panzos, your blood is in our throats!' Given the
context, her message might come as a surprise. A revolutionary
insurgency in the late 1970s was being met by brutal state efforts
to defeat it, efforts directed not only at the guerrilla armies but
also at reform movements of all kinds. Yet the young woman was just
one of many Mayas across the highlands voicing demands for change.
Over the course of the 1970s, Mayas argued for economic, cultural,
and political justice for the indigenous 'pueblo'. Many became
radicalized by state violence against Maya communities that soon
reached the level of genocide. 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 unfolding
conflict. She traces debates about ethnicity, class, and
revolution, and examines how (some) Mayas became involved in
opposition to a repressive state. She looks closely at the
development of connections between cultural events like queen
pageants and more radical demands for change, and follows the
uneasy relationships that developed between Maya revolutionaries
and their Ladino counterparts. Konefal makes it clear that activist
Mayas were not bystanders in the transformations that preceded and
accompanied Guatemala's civil war - activism by Mayas helped shape
the war, and the war shaped Maya activism.
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