Reckoning : the ends of war in Guatemala / Diane M. Nelson.
| Author/creator | Nelson, Diane M., 1963- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Durham : Duke University Press, 2009. |
| Description | xxxvii, 403 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Under the sign of the Virgen de Tránsito -- Intertext 1. Those who are transformed -- The postwar milieu : means, ends, and identi-ties -- Intertext 2. Co-memoration and co-laboration : screening and screaming -- Horror's special effects -- Intertext 3. Confidence games -- Indian giver or nobel savage? : Rigoberta Menchú Tum's stoll/en past -- Intertext 4. Welcome to bamboozled! : a modern-day minstrel show -- Anthropologist discovers legendary two-faced Indian -- Intertext 5. Look out! Step right up! : paranoia and other entertainmeants -- Hidden powers, duplicitous state/s -- Intertext 6. Counterscience in colonial laboratories -- Life during wartime -- Intertext 7. How do you get someone to give you her purse? -- Accounting for the postwar, balancing the book/s -- The ends. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [361]-386) and index. |
| LCCN | 2008055246 |
| ISBN | 9780822343417 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 082234341X (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780822343240 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 082234324X (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | F 1466.7 .N45 2009 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |