Human Rights in the Maya Region
Global Politics, Cultural Contentions, and Moral Engagements
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19909802 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rodolfo Stavenhagen (0000-0003-3383-4696), Xochitl Leyva Solano (0000-0003-3606-9141) |
| Editors | Pedro Pitarch, Shannon Speed (0000-0001-9520-8661), Xochitl Leyva-Solano |
| Year | 2008 |
| Pages | 392 |
| Publication date | 2008-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Human Rights in the Maya Region (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/9780822389057 |
| Wikidata | Q57234394 |
| OpenAlex | W621196571 |
| Open Library | OL16959212M |
| ISBN | 9780822389057 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
Abbreviations vii Introduction / Shannon Speed and Xochitl Leyva Solano 1 Part 1: Global Politics and Nation-States 1. Cultural Rights and Human Rights: A Social Science Perspective / Rodolfo Stavenhagen 27 2. Perspectives on the Politics of Human Rights in Guatemala / Robert M. Carmack 51 3. Legal Globalization and Human Rights: Constructing the Rule of Law in Postconflict Guatemala? / Rachel Sieder 67 Part 2: Cultural Contentions 4. The Labyrinth of Translation: A Tzeltal Version of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights / Pedro Pitarch 91 5. Are Human Rights Destroying the Natural Balance of All Things? The Difficult Encounter between International Law and Community Law in Mayan Guatemala / Stener Ekern 123 6. Here It's Different: The Ch'orti' and Human Rights Training / Julian Lopez Garcia 145 7. Indigenous Law and Gender Dialogues / Irma Otzoy 171 8. Human Rights, Land Conflicts, and Memory of the Violence in the Ixil Country of Northern Quiche / David Stoll 187 Part 3: Political Engagements 9. Global Discourses on the Local Terrain: Human Rights in Chiapas / Shannon Speed and Xochitl Leyva Solano 207 10. Breaking the Reign of Silence: Ethnography of a Clandestine Cemetery / Victoria Sanford 233 11. Rights of the Poor: Progressive Catholicism and Indigenous Resistance in Chiapas / Christine Kovic 257 12. Asumiendo Nuestra Propia Defensa: Resistance and the Red de Defensores Comunitarios in Chiapas / Shannon Speed and Alvaro Reyes 279 Final Comments Making Rights Meaningful for Mayas: Reflections on Culture, Rights, and Power / Richard Ashby Wilson 305 References 323 Contributors 357 Index 361
Cultural rights · Fundamental rights · Geography · Human rights · Humanities · Indigenous · Indigenous rights · International human rights law · Land law · Land tenure · Linguistic rights · Political science · Politics · Right to property · Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studies · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · Human Rights and Development · Law · Philosophy · Chiapas · Chiapas (Mexico) · ethnic relations · Government relations · guatemala · Legal status, laws · Legal status, laws, etc · Mayas · Mexico · Social conditions
Strategies for Localizing Gender Equality Norms
In and Out of Rights
Acts of Genocide
Race
Breaking the Maya Code
Conclusion
Between relations and rights
Agency and Empowerment under Unlikely Conditions
The Practice of Autonomy in the Age of Neoliberalism
The internal logic of the cosmos as 'justice' and 'reconciliation
Introduction
The Two Maya Bodies
| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2026 (19) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |