Journeys of Fear: Refugee Return and National Transformation in Guatemala

by Alan B. Simmons and Liisa L. North

Edited and with contributions by Liisa North and Alan Simmons, this collection explores the participation of the oppressed and marginalised Guatemalan refugees, most of them indigenous Mayas who fled from the army's razed-earth campaign of the early 1980s, in government negotiations regarding the conditions for return. The essays adopt the refugees' language concerning return - defining it as a self-organized and participatory collective act that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773518622
• ISBN13: 9780773518629
• Release Date: February 2000
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"