After the Peace: The Contagion of Violence at the Margins of the Guatemalan State.
For many of the international experts, humanitarian professionals, and newly appointed state workers determined to implement peace in Guatemala between 1996 and 2006, the imperative was clear: prevent further killing and protect human lives. For many Guatemalans, who continued to live with death as...
| Published in: | Anthropological Quarterly Vol. 86; no. 4; pp. 1031 - 1058 |
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George Washington Institute for Ethnographic Research
Fall2013
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