A beauty that hurts : life and death in Guatemala /
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 he "fell in love with" to reassess and revise his...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Toronto :
Between the Lines,
[2019]
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| Edition: | Fourth edition. |
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| Summary: | 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 he "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 peoples. A Beauty That Hurts frames the armed conflict that raged in Guatemala, off and on from 1960 to 1996, in historical, cultural and political context. It also examines the shortcomings of the Peace Accord signed over two decades ago, concluding that the social and economic inequalities that triggered upheaval in the first place have yet to be addressed. |
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| Physical Description: | xvii, 266 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781771134545 1771134542 |