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Book SynopsisMore than a dozen scholars, representing fields ranging from sociocultural anthropology to Latin American history, present a new understanding of Guatemala in the era from 1944 to 1954, when social reform flourished.
Trade ReviewBy emphasizing narratives from 'new regions, new analytical frames, new historical actors, and new historical memories,' [
Out of the Shadow] offers nuanced analysis that challenges the dominant, coup-centric interpretation of events...the volume offers a meticulous reflection of the period, region, and legacies of the revolution. * NACLA Report on the Americas *
Out of the Shadow presents new analysis and thought on the Guatemalan Revolution through threads of time, place, and a variety of actors, deepening understanding and adding to the existing literature on the subject...
Out of the Shadow collectively reframes our understanding of the Guatemalan Revolution by bringing in new regions, new analysis, and new historical actors. The range of topics is wide and diverse, and its references extensive, making for absorbed reading and continued research by the reader. * Journal of Global South Studies *
As Guatemalans face neoliberalism, corruption, and dashed hopes following the peace accords,
Out of the Shadow demonstrates that revolutionary ideals continue to resonate across the decades. These essays illuminate sociopolitical continuity and disruption, shifting memories, and new stories. The complexity offered here suggests that the revolution reformed existing institutional structures rather than replacing them. This critical volume excavates the forgotten revolutions while also attending to their enduring legacies and potency within the present, which suggest that revolutionary ideals remain even more urgent. * Hispanic American Historical Review *
Table of Contents
- List of Figures
- Foreword. The Path back to the Future--the Enduring Legacy of the Revolution (Jim Handy)
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction. Revisiting the Revolution in Contemporary Guatemala (Heather Vrana and Julie Gibbings)
- Part I. New Regions
- Chapter 1. “To Wrench Our Rights from La Frutera”: Race, Labor, and Redefining National Belonging on the Caribbean Coast (Ingrid Sierakowski)
- Chapter 2. The Coastal Laboratory: Milpa, Conservation, and Agrarian Reform (Patrick Chassé)
- Chapter 3. Arévalo’s Tomorrowland: The Revolutionary Crusade to Build and Defend the New Guatemala on the Petén Frontier (Anthony Andersson)
- Part II. New Frames
- Chapter 4. The “Indigenous Problem,” Cold War US Anthropology, and Revolutionary Nationalism: New Approaches to Racial Thinking and Indigeneity in Guatemala (Jorge Ramón González Ponciano)
- Chapter 5. Youths and Juan José Arévalo’s Democratic Government in Guatemala, 1945–1951 (Arturo Taracena Arriola)
- Chapter 6. Rethinking Representation and Periodization in Guatemala’s Democratic Experiment (David Carey Jr.)
- Part III. New Actors
- Chapter 7. “A pack of cigarettes or some soap”: “Race,” Security, International Public Health, and Human Medical Experimentation during Guatemala’s October Revolution (Abigail E. Adams and Laura Giraudo)
- Chapter 8. “Una obra revolucionaria”: Indigenismo and the Guatemalan Revolution, 1944–1954 (Sarah Foss)
- Part IV. New Memories
- Chapter 9. Water Power Promise: Revisiting Revolutionary DIY (Diane M. Nelson)
- Chapter 10. Reclaiming a Revolution: Memory as Possibility in Urban Guatemala (Betsy Konefal)
- Selected Bibliography
- Contributors
- Index
