Reckoning: The Ends of War in Guatemala

by Diane M. Nelson

Book Overview

Following the 1996 treaty ending decades of civil war, how are Guatemalans reckoning with genocide, especially since almost everyone contributed in some way to the violence? Meaning "to count, figure up" and "to settle rewards and punishments," reckoning promises accounting and accountability. Yet as Diane M. Nelson shows, the means by which the war was waged, especially as they related to race and gender, unsettled the very premises of knowing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082234324X
• ISBN13: 9780822343240
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"