A Beauty That Hurts
Life and Death in Guatemala
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3982086 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Egla J Martinez, W George Lovell |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Pages | 365 |
| Publication date | 2002-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Labour / Le Travail (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0700-3862 • E-ISSN: 1911-4842 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/25149314 |
| OpenAlex | W2084331692 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 26 |
When A Beauty That Hurts was first published in 1995, Guatemala was still one of the world's most flagrant violators of human rights. Now that a measure of 'peace' has come to the country, George Lovell revisits 'the land that I fell in love with' to reassess and revise his classic account of the evil that was perpetrated by Guatemala's military-dominated state on its Maya people. One newly contentious issue to which Lovell devotes particular attention is the testimony of Nobel Laureate Menchu, which was challenged by David Stoll in his book Rigoberta Menchu and the Story of All Poor Guatemalans. Lovell argues that culture clash is the most obvious reason for this controversy. North Americans demand individual testimony that can withstand challenge by other individuals, while Menchu has always stated that her testimony was on behalf of her community. Lovell brings years of insight to A Beauty That Hurts. He documents what has taken place in Guatemala by examining political events and exploring the personal drama of its citizens, especially the Maya. His new epilogue, based on a recent visit to Guatemala, brings the story up to the present. George Lovell is Professor of Geography at Queen's University, Ontario, Canada
Aesthetics · Art · Beauty · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · History · Migration, Health, Geopolitics, Historical Geography · Politics and Society in Latin America
Identifying barriers to GIS-based land management in Guatemala
Domestic flights and foreign affairs
Globalization and Children’s Diets
Presidential Address
Violence Against Women and Asylum Seeking
Four decades of socio-economic inequality and secular change in the physical growth of Guatemalans
Migration, remittances and smallholder decision-making
State terror and violence as a process of lifelong teaching–learning
Land and leña
The effects of migrant remittances on population–environment dynamics in migrant origin areas
Marginalizing a Vulnerable Cultural and Environmental Landscape
The Impact of Political Turmoil on Maize Culture and Diversity in Highland Guatemala
Diversity in fertility patterns in Guatemala
The Historical Maya and Maya Histories
Guatemala, the Peace Accords and education
At peace in the corn
Ghostly evidence
Angels of memory
Ethnic tourism and indigenous activism
Memories of Fire
Land, ethnic, and gender change
A century and counting
Mapping massacres
Remnants of terror
Meaningful Relationships
Writing about Aj Pop B'atz
| Unique citing works | 26 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,08 |
| Citation span | 2002 - 2023 (22) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 25 |