Linda Green is assistant professor of anthropology and international and public affairs at Columbia University.

• List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Author's Note Six Women from Xe'caj Part I. A Legacy of Violence 1. In the Aftermath of War: An Introduction 2. The Altiplano: A History of Violence and Survival 3. Living in a State of Fear Part II. A Legacy of Survival 4. From Wives to Widows: Subsistence and Social Relations 5. The Embodiment of Violence: Lived Lives and Social Suffering 6. The Dialectics of Cloth 7. Shifting Affiliations: Social Exigencies and Evangelicos 8. Mutual Betrayal and Collective Dignity Notes Glossary Bibliography Index

Linda Green is assistant professor of anthropology and international and public affairs at Columbia University.

• List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Author's Note Six Women from Xe'caj Part I. A Legacy of Violence 1. In the Aftermath of War: An Introduction 2. The Altiplano: A History of Violence and Survival 3. Living in a State of Fear Part II. A Legacy of Survival 4. From Wives to Widows: Subsistence and Social Relations 5. The Embodiment of Violence: Lived Lives and Social Suffering 6. The Dialectics of Cloth 7. Shifting Affiliations: Social Exigencies and Evangelicos 8. Mutual Betrayal and Collective Dignity Notes Glossary Bibliography Index

Linda Green is assistant professor of anthropology and international and public affairs at Columbia University.

• List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Author's Note Six Women from Xe'caj Part I. A Legacy of Violence 1. In the Aftermath of War: An Introduction 2. The Altiplano: A History of Violence and Survival 3. Living in a State of Fear Part II. A Legacy of Survival 4. From Wives to Widows: Subsistence and Social Relations 5. The Embodiment of Violence: Lived Lives and Social Suffering 6. The Dialectics of Cloth 7. Shifting Affiliations: Social Exigencies and Evangelicos 8. Mutual Betrayal and Collective Dignity Notes Glossary Bibliography Index