Voices from Exile
Violence and Survival in Modern Maya History
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Word Count
71,750 words, Guess
Page Count
287 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL7939831M
- ISBN-139780806131719
- ISBN-100806131713
- OCLC Control Number44960215
- OCLC Control Number41299249
and 4 more
- OCLC Control Numbervoicesfromexilev0000mont
- Library of Congress Control Number99027677
- Goodreads727005
- LibraryThing1824106
Classifications
- LCCF1434.2.W37 M65 1999
Description
"Elilal, exile, is the condition of thousands of Mayas who have fled their homelands in Guatemala to escape repression and even death at the hands of their government. In this book, Victor Montejo, who is both a Maya expatriate and an anthropologist, gives voice to those who until now have struggled in silencebut who nevertheless have found ways to reaffirm and celebrate their Mayaness."--BOOK JACKET. "Voices from Exile is the authentic story of one group of Mayas from the Kuchumatan highlands who fled into Mexico and sought refuge there. Montejo's combination of autobiography, history, political analysis, and testimonial narrative offers a profound exploration of state terror and its inescapable human cost."--BOOK JACKET.
First Sentence
RECENT DEMOGRAPHIC STUDIES of Guatemala estimate that Mayas make up 60 percent or more of the total population of 9.5 million (Lovell and Lutz 1994: 138).
Excerpt
RECENT DEMOGRAPHIC STUDIES of Guatemala estimate that Mayas make up 60 percent or more of the total population of 9.5 million (Lovell and Lutz 1994: 138).
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