Portal de Periódicos da CAPES

The psychosocial effects of ‘La Violencia’ on widows of El Quiché, Guatemala

1993; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 1; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/09682869308519967

1364-9221

Judith N. Zur,

Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health

This is a brief account of the psychosocial impact of the civil war in Guatemala on Quiché Maya Indian Women and is based on 20 months' anthropological research with widows from the department of El Quiché between the years 1988–1990.