Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Abbreviations vii
4. Introduction 1
5. PART 1: GLOBAL POLITICS AND NATION-STATES
6. 1. Cultural Rights and Human Rights: A Social Science Perspective 27
7. 2. Perspectives on the Politics of Human Rights in Guatemala 51
8. 3. Legal Globalization and Human Rights: Constructing the Rule of Law in Postconflict Guatemala? 67
9. PART 2: CULTURAL CONTENTIONS
10. 4. The Labyrinth of Translation: A Tzeltal Version of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 91
11. 5. Are Human Rights Destroying the Natural Balance of All Things? The Difficult Encounter between International Law and Community Law in Mayan Guatemala 123
12. 6. ‘‘Here It’s Different’’: The Ch’orti’ and Human Rights Training 145
13. 7. Indigenous Law and Gender Dialogues 171
14. 8. Human Rights, Land Conflicts, and Memory of the Violence in the Ixil Country of Northern Quiché 187
15. PART 3: POLITICAL ENGAGEMENTS
16. 9. Global Discourses on the Local Terrain: Human Rights in Chiapas 207
17. 10. Breaking the Reign of Silence: Ethnography of a Clandestine Cemetery 233
18. 11. Rights of the Poor: Progressive Catholicism and Indigenous Resistance in Chiapas 257
19. 12. ‘‘Asumiendo Nuestra Propia Defensa’’: Resistance and the Red de Defensores Comunitarios in Chiapas 279
20. Final Comments. Making Rights Meaningful for Mayas: Reflections on Culture, Rights, and Power 305
21. References 323
22. Contributors 357
23. Index 361