Book

Guatemalan vigilantism and the global (re)production of collective violence : a tale of two lynchings

Weston, Gavin (Gavin Michael), 1978- author

Overview

\"This book grounds an understanding of lynching as an increasingly globalized phenomenon through an examination of two cases in Guatemala. The chapters cover issues of migration, tourism, gangs, inter-generational conflict, media, gossip and rumour to understand national and global patterns of mob-based vigilantism and how diverse factors are funnelled into singular acts of violence. Gavin Weston critically engages with discussion of Guatemalan lynchings as a form of post-conflict violence alongside other less direct chains of causation. Lynchings have complex, tiered causations based in contestations regarding ideas and provision of justice. Underlying social problems and similarities in the way lynchings spread through talk and media make them relatively anticipatable in certain contexts and suggest possible spaces for mitigation against their viral spread. This volume will be relevant to Latin Americanists and those interested in the anthropology and sociology of violence, post-conflict violence and Peace Studies\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
• Subject: Lynching Guatemala Todos Santos Cuchumatâan. / Vigilance committees Guatemala Todos Santos Cuchumatâan. / Violence Guatemala Todos Santos Cuchumatâan. / Todos Santos Cuchumatâan (Guatemala) Social conditions.
• ISBN: 9780367191252

Item info:

1 item available

1 item total in all locations

Holdings :

Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
HV6471.G9 W47 2020	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE