Rights as Resistance in Maya Communities. A Review of (eds.) P. Pitarch, Sh. Speed, and X. Leyva Solano's <em>Human Rights in the Maya Region: Global Politics, Cultural Contentions, and Moral Engagements</em> (Durham, NC & London: Duke UP, 2008).

Authors

  • Angelina Snodgrass Godoy University of Washington

Keywords:

human rights, maya people, global politics

Abstract

This edited volume does an impressive job of bringing together diverse commentary from some of the most learned scholars working on questions of human rights and resistance in the Maya region. While the chapters span two countries (Mexico and Guatemala), a wide range of ethno-linguistic communities, and a diversity of disciplines (with a strong emphasis on anthropology), they hang together remarkably well, such that the volume itself emerges as a true conversation between its contributors.

Author Biography

Angelina Snodgrass Godoy, University of Washington

Angelina Snodgrass Godoy es Helen H. Jackson Chair in Human Rights en la Universidad de Washington, donde tambien dirije el nuevo Center for Human Rights y da clases sobre derechos humanos, comercio equitativo, el derecho a la salud, y otros temas afines. Obtuvo su doctorado en sociología de la Universidad de California en Berkeley. Es autora de Popular Injustice: Violence, Community, and Law in Latin America (Stanford University Press, 2006) y actualmente trabaja en un proyecto de investigación sobre la propiedad intelectual y el acceso a medicamentos en Centroamérica.

Published

2010-09-01

How to Cite

Snodgrass Godoy, A. (2010). Rights as Resistance in Maya Communities. A Review of (eds.) P. Pitarch, Sh. Speed, and X. Leyva Solano’s <em>Human Rights in the Maya Region: Global Politics, Cultural Contentions, and Moral Engagements</em> (Durham, NC & London: Duke UP, 2008). A Contracorriente: Una Revista De Estudios Latinoamericanos, 8(1), 459–462. Retrieved from https://acontracorriente.chass.ncsu.edu/index.php/acontracorriente/article/view/509

Issue

Section

Reviews: Memory and Human Rights