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- catalog abstract ""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." "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."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11357169.
- catalog coverage "Guatemala Ethnic relations.".
- catalog coverage "Guatemala Politics and government.".
- catalog created "c1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "c1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
- catalog 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." "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."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-275) and index.".
- catalog description "The anthropologist and the other -- Toward a Maya history of Guatemala -- The advent of violence in the Kuchumatan Highlands -- Military control of the highlands -- One man's testimony -- The journey to Mexico -- Life in the refugee camps -- Strategies of cultural survival -- Ethnic relations and cultural revival in the refugee camps -- Songs and poetry from the camps -- Returning home -- From the present to the future.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 287 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0806131713 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "c1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Norman : University of Oklahoma Press,".
- catalog spatial "Guatemala Ethnic relations.".
- catalog spatial "Guatemala Politics and government.".
- catalog spatial "Guatemala.".
- catalog spatial "Mexico.".
- catalog subject "972.81/004974152 21".
- catalog subject "F1434.2.W37 M65 1999".
- catalog subject "Genocide Guatemala.".
- catalog subject "Mayas Crimes against Guatemala.".
- catalog subject "Mayas Relocation Mexico.".
- catalog subject "Mayas Wars Guatemala.".
- catalog subject "Political violence Guatemala.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The anthropologist and the other -- Toward a Maya history of Guatemala -- The advent of violence in the Kuchumatan Highlands -- Military control of the highlands -- One man's testimony -- The journey to Mexico -- Life in the refugee camps -- Strategies of cultural survival -- Ethnic relations and cultural revival in the refugee camps -- Songs and poetry from the camps -- Returning home -- From the present to the future.".
- catalog title "Voices from exile : violence and survival in modern Maya history / Victor Montejo.".
- catalog type "text".