{"product_id":"reckoning-9780822343240","title":"Reckoning","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn examination of how Guatemalans are reckoning with the aftermath of a civil war that left fundamental assumptions about selves and others in tatters when it officially ended in 1996.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“. . .Nelson has given us a challenging, rich, creative text, remarkable for the ends, and beginnings, that it generates.” - Emily Yates-Doerr, \u003ci\u003ee-misférica\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[A] lively, compassionate, provocative exploration of experience in postwar Guatemala. \u003ci\u003eReckoning\u003c\/i\u003e makes an important contribution to understanding\u003cbr\u003econtemporary Guatemala and provides deep insights into the human political\/social psychological condition.” - Norman B. Schwartz, \u003ci\u003eCurrent Anthropology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[Nelson’s] elaborate account provides detailed information on important persons, events, and diverse social units, including Maya communities, NGOs, political parties and organizations, the Guatemalan state, the United States and other foreign powers. Her account of salient events that occured during this period reveal her profound and detailed knowledge of recent history in Guatemala, and this alone makes the book invaluable for anyone interested in recent developments in that effervescent country.” - Robert M. Carmack, \u003ci\u003eThe Americas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[A] unique, powerful vision of Guatemala today. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.” - C. Hendrickson, \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The struggle to understand violence is a consuming task for many around the globe. Diane M. Nelson articulates stunning insights into the problem of understanding the violence in Guatemala and, by extension, our whole world of war and structural harm.”—\u003cb\u003eCatherine A. Lutz\u003c\/b\u003e, editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Bases of Empire: The Global Struggle against U.S. Military Posts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eReckoning\u003c\/i\u003e . . . is hauntingly beautiful, raising provocative questions, analytic complexities, and fascinating interconnections. It convincingly captures what it means to question assumptions, to challenge what we know, as it shows us some of the myriad ways that Guatemalans make sense of violence, loss, and the future.” -- Jennifer Burrell * PoLAR *\u003cbr\u003e“. . . Nelson has given us a challenging, rich, creative text, remarkable for the ends, and beginnings, that it generates.” -- Emily Yates-Doerr * e-misférica *\u003cbr\u003e“[A] lively, compassionate, provocative exploration of experience in postwar Guatemala. \u003ci\u003eReckoning\u003c\/i\u003e makes an important contribution to understanding\u003cbr\u003econtemporary Guatemala and provides deep insights into the human political\/social psychological condition.” -- Norman B. Schwartz * Current Anthropology *\u003cbr\u003e“[A] unique, powerful vision of Guatemala today. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.” -- C. Hendrickson * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e“[Nelson’s] elaborate account provides detailed information on important persons, events, and diverse social units, including Maya communities, NGOs, political parties and organizations, the Guatemalan state, the United States and other foreign powers. Her account of salient events that occured during this period reveal her profound and detailed knowledge of recent history in Guatemala, and this alone makes the book invaluable for anyone interested in recent developments in that effervescent country.” -- Robert M. Carmack * The Americas *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePref\/face. Little Did I Know xiii\u003cbr\u003e AcKNOWLEDGEmeants xxxiii\u003cbr\u003e Chapter One. Under the Sign of the Virgen de Transito 1\u003cbr\u003e Intertext One. Those who Are Transformed 31\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Two. The Postwar Milieu: Means, Ends, and Identi-ties 39\u003cbr\u003e Intertext Two. Co-memoration and Co-laboration: Screening and Screaming 73\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Three. Horror's Special Effects 86\u003cbr\u003e Intertext Three. Confidence Games 115\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Four. Indian Giver or Nobel Savage?: Rigoberta Menchu Tum's Stoll\/en Past 126\u003cbr\u003e Intertext Four. Welcome to Bamboozled! A Modern-Day Minstrel Show 156\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Five. Anthropologist Discovers Legendary Two-Faced Indian 165\u003cbr\u003e Intertext Five. Look Out! Step Right Up! Paranoia and Other Entertainmeants 197\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Six. Hidden Powers, Duplicitous State\/s 208\u003cbr\u003e Intertext Six. Counterscience in Colonial Laboratories 242\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Seven. Life during Wartime 252\u003cbr\u003e Intertext Seven. How Do You Get Someone to Give You Her Purse? 280\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Eight. Accounting for the Postwar, Balancing the Book\/s 290\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Nine. The Ends 322\u003cbr\u003e Notes 327\u003cbr\u003e Works Cited 361\u003cbr\u003e Index 387","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406053384535,"sku":"9780822343240","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822343240.jpg?v=1730494372","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/reckoning-9780822343240","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}