Beatriz Manz
Biographic Data
| ID | 3618112 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Beatriz Manz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Beatriz |
| FAMILY NAME | Manz |
| SIGNATURE | MANZ B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Berkeley |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Mexicanization: A Survival Strategy for Guatemalan Mayans in the San Francisco Bay Area Xóchitl
This article explores “Mexicanization,” a survival strategy for Guatemalan Mayans during the migratory and settlement process in the United States. This term describes the Guatemalan Mayans’ ambiguous relations with Mexico and Mexicans. The symbolic role of Mexico is present throughout the Guatemalan migration process, from the preparatory phase in Guatemala or in the Mexican refugee camps, through the perilous journey north, during which Guatema…
Sí Hubo Genocidio: Anthropologists and the Genocide Trial of Guatemala's Ríos Montt
The Continuum of Violence in Post-war Guatemala
In the 1980s, Guatemala's state-sponsored violence reached genocidal proportions and led to community ruptures, endemic fear, deepened distrust, and unprecedented levels of daily violence that have continued into the post-war period. Tragically, the war's resolution has not ended the country's volatility and insecurity. Reconciliation is challenging and requires a much deeper structural overhaul. It is problematical for a society that has been cr…
Terror, Grief, and Recovery: Genocidal Trauma in a Mayan Village in Guatemala
This chapter discusses how the victims of genocide cope with trauma. According to a 1999 report of the Commission for Historical Clarification, the Mayan population of Guatemala was the target of a genocidal campaign from 1981 to 1983. This campaign included more than six hundred massacres that were carried out mostly by Guatemalan troops. This chapter focuses on Santa Maria Tzejá, a Mayan village where 344 massacres occurred. It tries to determi…
U.N. peace‐building in Guatemala
A country deeply divided along ethnic and class lines, Guatemala is now emerging from the longest and bloodiest internal war in Latin America in recent times. Guatemalan society—the vast civil society networks, the government, the military, the guerrilla organizations (URNG), and the business sector—looks eagerly toward the formal signing of the peace accords, the result of arduous negotiations. Although the armed conflict may end—no small achiev…
War in Guatemala and Exile in Florida
Book reviewed in this article: Unfinished Conquest: The Guatemalan Tragedy . Victor Perera. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993. 382 pp. Maya in Exile: Guatemalans in Florida. Allan F. Burns. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1993. 208 pp
Refugees of a hidden war: The aftermath of counterinsurgency in Guatemala
Social/Cultural Anthropology: Inverse Images: The Meaning of Culture, Ethnicity and Family in Postcolonial Guatemala. John Hawkins
Sí Hubo Genocidio: Anthropologists and the Genocide Trial of Guatemala's Ríos Montt
U.N. peace‐building in Guatemala
A country deeply divided along ethnic and class lines, Guatemala is now emerging from the longest and bloodiest internal war in Latin America in recent times. Guatemalan society—the vast civil society networks, the government, the military, the guerrilla organizations (URNG), and the business sector—looks eagerly toward the formal signing of the peace accords, the result of arduous negotiations. Although the armed conflict may end—no small achiev…
Social/Cultural Anthropology: Inverse Images: The Meaning of Culture, Ethnicity and Family in Postcolonial Guatemala. John Hawkins
Refugees of a hidden war: The aftermath of counterinsurgency in Guatemala
War in Guatemala and Exile in Florida
Book reviewed in this article: Unfinished Conquest: The Guatemalan Tragedy . Victor Perera. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993. 382 pp. Maya in Exile: Guatemalans in Florida. Allan F. Burns. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1993. 208 pp
U.N. peace‐building in Guatemala
A country deeply divided along ethnic and class lines, Guatemala is now emerging from the longest and bloodiest internal war in Latin America in recent times. Guatemalan society—the vast civil society networks, the government, the military, the guerrilla organizations (URNG), and the business sector—looks eagerly toward the formal signing of the peace accords, the result of arduous negotiations. Although the armed conflict may end—no small achiev…
Terror, Grief, and Recovery: Genocidal Trauma in a Mayan Village in Guatemala
This chapter discusses how the victims of genocide cope with trauma. According to a 1999 report of the Commission for Historical Clarification, the Mayan population of Guatemala was the target of a genocidal campaign from 1981 to 1983. This campaign included more than six hundred massacres that were carried out mostly by Guatemalan troops. This chapter focuses on Santa Maria Tzejá, a Mayan village where 344 massacres occurred. It tries to determi…
The Continuum of Violence in Post-war Guatemala
In the 1980s, Guatemala's state-sponsored violence reached genocidal proportions and led to community ruptures, endemic fear, deepened distrust, and unprecedented levels of daily violence that have continued into the post-war period. Tragically, the war's resolution has not ended the country's volatility and insecurity. Reconciliation is challenging and requires a much deeper structural overhaul. It is problematical for a society that has been cr…
Sí Hubo Genocidio: Anthropologists and the Genocide Trial of Guatemala's Ríos Montt
Mexicanization: A Survival Strategy for Guatemalan Mayans in the San Francisco Bay Area Xóchitl
This article explores “Mexicanization,” a survival strategy for Guatemalan Mayans during the migratory and settlement process in the United States. This term describes the Guatemalan Mayans’ ambiguous relations with Mexico and Mexicans. The symbolic role of Mexico is present throughout the Guatemalan migration process, from the preparatory phase in Guatemala or in the Mexican refugee camps, through the perilous journey north, during which Guatema…
Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · History (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Criminology (2 works) · Ethnic group (2 works) · Genocide (2 works) · History (2 works) · Human rights (2 works)