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Guatemalan Journey

Autor Stephen Connely Benz
en Limba Engleză Paperback – mar 1996
Guatemala draws some half million tourists each year, whose brief visits to the ruins of ancient Maya cities and contemporary highland Maya villages may give them only a partial and folkloric understanding of Guatemalan society. In this vividly written travel narrative, Stephen Connely Benz explores the Guatemala that casual travelers miss, using his encounters with ordinary Guatemalans at the mall, on the streets, at soccer games, and even at the funeral of massacre victims to illuminate the social reality of Guatemala today.
The book opens with an extended section on the capital, Guatemala City, and then moves out to the more remote parts of the country where the Guatemalan Indians predominate. Benz offers us a series of intelligent and sometimes humorous perspectives on Guatemala's political history and the role of the military, the country's environmental degradation, the influence of foreign missionaries, and especially the impact of the United States on Guatemala, from governmental programs to fast food franchises.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780292708402
ISBN-10: 0292708408
Pagini: 224
Ilustrații: 1 Map
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: University of Texas Press
Colecția University of Texas Press

Notă biografică

Stephen Connely Benz was a Fulbright Scholar in Guatemala from 1988 to 1990. A poet and essayist, he is Assistant Professor of English at Barry University in Miami.

Cuprins

  • Acknowledgments
  • Los Encuentros
  • Prologue
  • Part 1: Guatemala City
    • Arrival
    • The Capital for Tourists
    • Walking around Town
    • Rainy Season in the Slums
    • The City Dump
    • Along the Railroad Tracks
    • A GAM Rally
    • Authority in Guatemala
    • Maquilas
    • El Churrasco
    • Ladino Attitudes
    • Soccer in Guatemala
    • Street Children
    • Buying a Scooter
    • Bureaucracy Revisited
    • The Post Office
    • " Fíjase"
    • Religion
    • Restaurants
    • USAID
    • The Gringo Presence
  • Part 2: Roads and Texts
    • Antigua
    • Lake Atitlán
    • Chichicastenango
    • Utatlán
    • The Ixil Triangle
    • The Biotopo del Quetzal
    • The Road to El Estor
    • The Oriente
    • The Last Road
  • Bibliography
  • Index

Descriere

In this vividly written travel narrative, Stephen Connely Benz explores the Guatemala that casual travelers miss.