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Guatemalan Journey

Author : Stephen Connely Benz
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292782993
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)

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Download or read book Guatemalan Journey written by Stephen Connely Benz and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-05-28 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guatemala draws some half million tourists each year, whose brief visits to the ruins of ancient Maya cities and contemporary highland Maya villages may give them only a partial and folkloric understanding of Guatemalan society. In this vividly written travel narrative, Stephen Connely Benz explores the Guatemala that casual travelers miss, using his encounters with ordinary Guatemalans at the mall, on the streets, at soccer games, and even at the funeral of massacre victims to illuminate the social reality of Guatemala today. The book opens with an extended section on the capital, Guatemala City, and then moves out to the more remote parts of the country where the Guatemalan Indians predominate. Benz offers us a series of intelligent and sometimes humorous perspectives on Guatemala's political history and the role of the military, the country's environmental degradation, the influence of foreign missionaries, and especially the impact of the United States on Guatemala, from governmental programs to fast food franchises.

I Remember

Author : Marian Cannon Schlesinger
Publisher : TidePool Press, LLC
ISBN 13 : 0975555782
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (755 download)

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Download or read book I Remember written by Marian Cannon Schlesinger and published by TidePool Press, LLC. This book was released on 2012 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Ritual, Identity, and the Mayan Diaspora

Author : Nancy J. Wellmeier
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9780815331179
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (311 download)

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Download or read book Ritual, Identity, and the Mayan Diaspora written by Nancy J. Wellmeier and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1998 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyzes the lives and the continuing ritual traditions of the Mayas who live in the United States. Focusing on a predominantly Maya town in rural Florida, it shows how members of this ancient Central American civilization use their religious tradition to maintain their ethnic identity in an unfamiliar environment. Bringing together studies of Mesoamerican fiesta or cargo systems, religious ritual and migration studies, this interdisciplinary work describes the religious traditions of indigenous Guatemala, the crisis migration of the 1980s, and the Mayas' daily life in the United States, including Maya women's reflections on their new challenges. The book is unique in its focus on the transfer of the fiesta cycle to the diaspora and its analysis of the behind-the-scenes aspects of ritual. The rise of leadership, contested interpretations of ethnic identity, choices about symbolic representation, and maintenance of ties to villages of origin all take place in the context of organizing public ritual events. Through these strategies, the Maya people not only cope materially and spiritually with the chaotic experience of uprootedness, but find ways to strengthen their unique identity. Bibliography. Index.

Rigoberta Menchu and the Story of All Poor Guatemalans

Author : David Stoll
Publisher : Westview Press
ISBN 13 : 0813343968
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (133 download)

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Download or read book Rigoberta Menchu and the Story of All Poor Guatemalans written by David Stoll and published by Westview Press. This book was released on 2007-12-25 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Rigoberta Menchú is a living legend, a young woman who said that her odyssey from a Mayan Indian village to revolutionary exile was “the story of all poor Guatemalans.” By turning herself into an ever"

Cuban Studies 39

Author : Louis A. Perez, Jr.
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN 13 : 0822971208
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (229 download)

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Download or read book Cuban Studies 39 written by Louis A. Perez, Jr. and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cuban Studies 39 includes essays on: the recent transformation of the Cuban film animation industry; the influence of the liberal agenda of Justo Rufino Barrios on Jose Mart; a profile of the music of the Special Period and its social commentary; an in-depth examination of the contents, important themes, and enormous research potential of the Miscelnea de Expedientes collection at the Cuban National Archive; and a realistic assessment on the political future of Cuba.

Children of the Maya

Author : Brent K. Ashabranner
Publisher : Dodd Mead
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Children of the Maya written by Brent K. Ashabranner and published by Dodd Mead. This book was released on 1986 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the plight of Mayans who have fled the violent political situation in Guatemala and settled in a community in southern Florida.

A Hispanic Heritage, Series III

Author : Isabel Schon
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 9780810821330
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (213 download)

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Download or read book A Hispanic Heritage, Series III written by Isabel Schon and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The books listed are intended to provide students in kindergarten through high school with an understanding and appreciation of the people, history, and art, and political, social, and economic problems of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Spain, Venezuela, and the Hispanic-heritage people of the US. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Ride the Wild Wind

Author : Josephine Ashton
Publisher : Austin Macauley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1685626319
Total Pages : 487 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (856 download)

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Download or read book Ride the Wild Wind written by Josephine Ashton and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2023-08-18 with total page 487 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sheriff Robert Gallegos, tall, handsome, quiet, friendly, Native American/Hispanic, an ex-WWII Marine is determined that the encroaching Juarez, Mexico drug cartel that will stop at nothing to take over his south eastern New Mexico, Aragon Valley - will not, on his watch, succeed. But as intimidation, rape and murder stalk the rural community, the reality of the threat, this summer of 1965, grows ominously closer. A man's man, with friends dating back to childhood and enemies current, romantic when the time is right, the Sheriff's real companion is Old Lady Sara Tree-Root Tampoya, the part-Hopi Medicine Woman who communicates with Grey Lady Between the Mountains, bringer of passages of life and of death, as he struggles to stay centered in the present and decipher the past, to understand who he really is. The wild red-dust wind gallops day and night through the streets of this fictional Aragon Valley county and town, situated near the Rio Grande, somewhere between Las Cruces and the borders of El Paso, Texas and Ciudad de Juarez, Mexico. Santa Feans, Easterners, Denver and West Coast hippies, foreigners and lovers are welcomed, Juarez drug cartel goons are not, and all soon learn to ask no personal questions.

Library of Congress Subject Headings

Author : Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1688 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Library of Congress Subject Headings written by Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 1688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Library of Congress Subject Headings

Author : Library of Congress
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1704 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (891 download)

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Download or read book Library of Congress Subject Headings written by Library of Congress and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 1704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Genocide in Contemporary Children's and Young Adult Literature

Author : Jane Gangi
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134660820
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (346 download)

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Download or read book Genocide in Contemporary Children's and Young Adult Literature written by Jane Gangi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-03-14 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book studies children’s and young adult literature of genocide since 1945, considering issues of representation and using postcolonial theory to provide both literary analysis and implications for educating the young. Many of the authors visited accurately and authentically portray the genocide about which they write; others perpetuate stereotypes or otherwise distort, demean, or oversimplify. In this focus on young people’s literature of specific genocides, Gangi profiles and critiques works on the Cambodian genocide (1975-1979); the Iraqi Kurds (1988); the Maya of Guatemala (1981-1983); Bosnia, Kosovo, and Srebrenica (1990s); Rwanda (1994); and Darfur (2003-present). In addition to critical analysis, each chapter also provides historical background based on the work of prominent genocide scholars. To conduct research for the book, Gangi traveled to Bosnia, engaged in conversation with young people from Rwanda, and spoke with scholars who had traveled to or lived in Guatemala and Cambodia. This book analyses the ways contemporary children, typically ages ten and up, are engaged in the study of genocide, and addresses the ways in which child survivors who have witnessed genocide are helped by literature that mirrors their experiences.

The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2013

Author : Dave Eggers
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0544105508
Total Pages : 507 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (441 download)

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Download or read book The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2013 written by Dave Eggers and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2013 with total page 507 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents literature from mainstream and alternative American periodicals, including fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

Area Handbook for Guatemala

Author : American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Area Studies
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Area Handbook for Guatemala written by American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Area Studies and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Area Handbook for Guatemala

Author : John Dombrowski
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Area Handbook for Guatemala written by John Dombrowski and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Basic facts about the social, economic, political, and military institutions and practices of Guatemala.

Bitter Fruit

Author : Stephen Schlesinger
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674260074
Total Pages : 379 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (742 download)

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Download or read book Bitter Fruit written by Stephen Schlesinger and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2020-12-01 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bitter Fruit is a comprehensive and insightful account of the CIA operation to overthrow the democratically elected government of Jacobo Arbenz of Guatemala in 1954. First published in 1982, this book has become a classic, a textbook case of the relationship between the United States and the Third World. The authors make extensive use of U.S. government documents and interviews with former CIA and other officials. It is a warning of what happens when the United States abuses its power.

"Adventure Travel" in Guatemala

Author : Mark J. Curran
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1698712308
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (987 download)

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Download or read book "Adventure Travel" in Guatemala written by Mark J. Curran and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2022-07-20 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Adventure Travel” in Guatemala - The Maya Heritage is the fourth in the series of fiction - travel - culture - adventure books on Brazil, Mexico, Portugal-Spain, and now Guatemala. Professor Mike Gaherty and AT Leader Amy Carrier are in Guatemala researching that country as a destination for a future AT Travel Trip for its “Adventurers.” They investigate Antigua, Puerto San José, el Lago de Atitlán, Chichicastenango, Tikal in Guatemala and Copán in Honduras, checking out the history and culture of both the Spanish and Maya Heritages. Emphasis however is on the Maya people, their lives and efforts to survive under adverse circumstances in post 1976 earthquake and political turmoil in Guatemala. There are surprises and dangerous moments for Mike and Amy, and difficult decisions to come for AT Travel.

Che Guevara

Author : Daniel James
Publisher : Cooper Square Press
ISBN 13 : 1461732069
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (617 download)

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Download or read book Che Guevara written by Daniel James and published by Cooper Square Press. This book was released on 2001-03-20 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The controversial life and career of Ernesto Ché Guevara (1928-1967) has earned the revolutionary leader admirers and detractors across the world. In his critical biography, Daniel James penetrates the myths that have grown up around Guevara since his death. The biography carefully analyzes the Cold War situations in which Guevara lived and fought, and which turned the young medical student into a guerilla and political theoretician. Ché Guevara: A Biography includes interviews with Guevara's first wife, and extensive information on the revolutionary's early years and family life lacking in other biographies. James also discusses Guevara's actions in Cuba as a leader in the rebel army of Fidel Castro, covering in detail Guevara's military victories, his post-war executions of anti-Castro prisoners, and his criticism of Soviet Communism. This unique and unsparing portrait of Guevara includes and an in-depth examination of his last guerilla campaign in Bolivia.