Guatemala: Contested Sovereignties - Indigenous Law, Violence And State Effects In Postwar Guatemala

Guatemala: Contested Sovereignties - Indigenous Law, Violence And State Effects In Postwar Guatemala Rachel Sieder, 2011   This article analyzes the efforts of organized indigenous peoples to exercise their own forms of law and justice within the context of social violence and impunity that characterizes postwar Guatemala. Through an ethnographic exploration of alternative justice practices in the region of Santa Cruz del Quiché, it aims to contribute to discussions around the ‘anthropology...

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