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The fourth invasion : decolonizing histories, extractivism, and Maya resistance in Guatemala / Giovanni Batz ; foreword by B'o'q'ol Q'esal Tenam K'usal (Alcaldía Indígena de Cotzal)
Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Publisher: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2024]Copyright date: ©2024Description: 1 Online-RessourceISBN:- 9780520401747
- Social movements -- Guatemala -- San Juan Cotzal -- 21st century
- Ixil Indians -- Guatemala -- San Juan Cotzal -- 21st century
- Hydroelectric power plants -- Guatemala -- 21st century
- Centrales hydroélectriques - Guatemala - 21e siècle
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Caribbean & Latin American Studies
- 303.48/409728172 23/eng/20240920
- HM881
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Summary: A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Based on more than a decade of ethnographic research, The Fourth Invasion examines an Ixil Maya community's movement against the construction of one of the largest hydroelectric plants in Guatemala. The arrival of the Palo Viejo hydroelectric plant (built by the Italian corporation Enel Green Power) to the municipality of Cotzal highlighted the ongoing violence inflicted on Ixils by outsiders and the Guatemalan state. Locals referred to the building of the hydroelectric plant as the "new invasion" or "fourth invasion" for its similarity to preceding invasions: Spanish colonization, the creation of the plantation economy, and the state-led genocide during the Guatemalan armed conflict. Through a historical account of cyclical waves of invasions and resistance in Cotzal during the four invasions, Giovanni Batz argues that extractivist industries are a continuation of a colonial logic of extraction based on the displacement and destruction of Indigenous Peoples' territories and values that has existed since the arrival of the Spanish in 1524. The current movements in Cotzal, rooted in a long history of resistance, counter dominant narratives of Indigenous Peoples that often portray them as "conquered."PPN: PPN: 1919909249Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-94-OAB
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: Historic Invasions -- 1. First Invasion -- 2. Second Invasion -- 3. Third Invasion -- Part II: Fourth Invasion -- 4. Postwar Life and Megaprojects in the Ixil Region -- 5. Resistance against Enel -- 6. Dialogue and Deception -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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