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Who counts? : the mathematics of death and life after genocide / Diane Nelson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nelson, Diane M., 1963- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Genocide--Guatemala--History--20th century.
- Genocide.
- Mathematics--Social aspects.
- Mathematics.
- Guatemala--History--1985-.
- Guatemala.
- Guatemala--Politics and government--1985-.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (329 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In Who Counts? Diane M. Nelson presents a complex reading of mathematics and the contested and myriad ways it is used by the Guatemalan state to marginalize indigenous populations as well as its use by indigenous peoples to critique systemic inequalities.
- Contents:
- Bookkeeping
- Before and after-math
- The algebra of genocide
- Reunion of broken parts, number and/as repair
- 100% omnilife
- Mayan pyramid (scheme)
- A life's worth
- Beyond adequacy.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780822375074
- 0822375079
- OCLC:
- 921306762
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