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Granddaughters of corn : portraits of Guatemalan women / Marilyn Anderson ; Jonathan Garlock

By:

Anderson, Marilyn

Contributor(s):

Garlock, Jonathan

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York, NY : Curbstone Press , c1988Description: 124 p. : illus. ; 26 cmISBN:

0915306603

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

LAS 396.072 AND

Summary: A sure way to destroy a race is by the systematic massacre of its women and children. This collection of personal narratives from Mayan Indian women who are undergoing that horror tell of villages destroyed, husbands and childrenas well as themselvesthe targets of death squads. It is a horrible story, sure to make Americans recoil at U.S. complicity. The black-and-white photographs, part of a traveling national exhibit, show the beautiful faces of these women and their weaving, through which they are determined to keep their culture alive.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Latin American Studies	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	LAS 396.072 AND (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		053298

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A sure way to destroy a race is by the systematic massacre of its women and children. This collection of personal narratives from Mayan Indian women who are undergoing that horror tell of villages destroyed, husbands and childrenas well as themselvesthe targets of death squads. It is a horrible story, sure to make Americans recoil at U.S. complicity. The black-and-white photographs, part of a traveling national exhibit, show the beautiful faces of these women and their weaving, through which they are determined to keep their culture alive.

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