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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weston, Gavin (Gavin Michael), 1978- author.

Series:

Routledge studies in anthropology ; 53.

Routledge studies in anthropology ; 53

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lynching--Guatemala--Todos Santos Cuchumatán.

Lynching.

Vigilance committees--Guatemala--Todos Santos Cuchumatán.

Vigilance committees.

Violence--Guatemala--Todos Santos Cuchumatán.

Violence.

Todos Santos Cuchumatán (Guatemala)--Social conditions.

Todos Santos Cuchumatán (Guatemala).

Guatemala--Todos Santos Cuchumatán.

Physical Description:

150 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.

Summary:

"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.

Contents:

Introduction: Two lynchings : a microcosm

Todos Santos

A postwar phenomenon?

Vigilantism, dissonance & the Guatemalan state

Scapegoats, gossip & rumour

Dissemination : vigilantism & the media

The blurred boundaries of violence

Concluding thoughts/lingering problems.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Weston, Gavin (Gavin Michael), 1978-. Guatemalan vigilantism and the global (re)production of collective violence.

ISBN:

9780367191252

0367191253

OCLC:

1112808784