A finger in the wound: Body politics in quincentennial Guatemala

Author(s) : Diane M. Nelson

A finger in the wound: Body politics in quincentennial Guatemala

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  • Publisher : University of California Press
  • Published : 1999
  • Category :
    Individual Psychotherapy
  • Catalogue No : 7519
  • ISBN 13 : 9780520212855
  • ISBN 10 : 0520212851
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Many Guatemalans speak of Mayan indigenous organizing as "a finger in the wound". This text explores the implications of this painfully graphic metaphor in a study of the civil war and its aftermath. The work draws from political economy, cultural studies, and psychoanalysis. 450 pages.

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