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Introduction Shannon Speed Xochitl Leyva Solano 1
Part 1 Global Politics and Nation-States
1 Cultural Rights and Human Rights: A Social Science Perspective Rodolfo Stavenhagen 27
2 Perspectives on the Politics of Human Rights in Guatemala Robert M. Carmack 51
3 Legal Globalization and Human Rights: Constructing the Rule of Law in Postconflict Guatemala? Rachel Sieder 67
Part 2 Cultural Contentions
4 The Labyrinth of Translation: A Tzeltal Version of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Pedro Pitarch 91
5 Are Human Rights Destroying the Natural Balance of All Things? The Difficult Encounter between International Law and Community Law in Mayan Guatemala Stener Ekern 123
6 "Here It's Different": The Ch'orti' and Human Rights Training Julian Lopez Garcia 145
7 Indigenous Law and Gender Dialogues Irma Otzoy 171
8 Human Rights, Land Conflicts, and Memory of the Violence in the Ixil Country of Northern Quiche David Stoll 187
Part 3 Political Engagements
9 Global Discourses on the Local Terrain: Human Rights in Chiapas Shannon Speed Xochitl Leyva Solano 207
10 Breaking the Reign of Silence: Ethnography of a Clandestine Cemetery Victoria Sanford 233
11 Rights of the Poor: Progressive Catholicism and Indigenous Resistance in Chiapas Christine Kovic 257
12 "Asumiendo Nuestra Propia Defensa": Resistance and the Red de Defensores Comunitarios in Chiapas Shannon Speed Alvaro Reyes 279
Final Comments: Making Rights Meaningful for Mayas: Reflections on Culture, Rights, and Power Richard Ashby Wilson 305
References 323
Contributors 357
Index 361
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