Nelson Who Counts?

The Mathematics of Death and Life after Genocide
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-0-8223-7507-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 328 Seiten

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nelson, Diane M.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface xi

-1. Chapter Minus One 1

Part I. When You Count You Begin with 1, 2, 3

0. Bookkeeping 7

1. Before and After-Math 37

Part II. Bonesetting

2. The Algebra of Genocide 63

3. Reunion of Broken Parts 93

Part III. Mayan Pyramids

4. 100% Omnilife 121

5. Mayan Pyramid (Scheme) 157

Part IV. Yes to Life = NO to Mining

6. A Life's Worth 189

7. Beyond Adequacy 227

Notes 265

References 281

Index 297

Über Autor(innen)

Diane M. Nelson is Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Duke University and the author of A Finger in the Wound: Body Politics in Quincentennial Guatemala; she is also the author of Reckoning: The Ends of War in Guatemala and coeditor of War by Other Means: Aftermath in Post-Genocide Guatemala, both also published by Duke University Press.