Description
Book SynopsisBased on years of field research conducted in the rural highlands, Fear as a Way of Life traces the intricate links between the recent political violence and repression and the long-term systemic violence connected with class inequalities and gender and ethnic oppression--the violence of everyday life.
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Author's Note Six Women from Xe'caj Part I. A Legacy of Violence 1. In the Aftermath of War: An Introduction 2. The Altiplano: A History of Violence and Survival 3. Living in a State of Fear Part II. A Legacy of Survival 4. From Wives to Widows: Subsistence and Social Relations 5. The Embodiment of Violence: Lived Lives and Social Suffering 6. The Dialectics of Cloth 7. Shifting Affiliations: Social Exigencies and Evangelicos 8. Mutual Betrayal and Collective Dignity Notes Glossary Bibliography Index
