Niños y niñas raíces de Ixcán: el abandono infantil como expresión de la violencia estructural en Guatemala (Artículos).
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Medina Trinidad, Violeta Yurikko
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México : Flacso Sede México
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Este trabajo aborda el creciente fenómeno del abandono de niñas y niños en Ixcán (población mayoritariamente indígena), Guatemala, como una forma de violencia, esto particularmente en un
espacio de posguerra y bajo la embestida del neoliberalismo; el abandono infantil como parte de un
contínuum de violencia –estructural/simbólica/cotidiana-, repercute no sólo en los niños (as) como
sujetos sociales e históricos, que al ser apartados de su familia y comunidad son en gran medida privados
de su capital material y simbólico, también expone una transformación social y familiar que permite que
los infantes sean vistos como una carga económica para sus padres o como una mercancía más, al mismo
tiempo que, debilita el sentido de comunidad y pertenencia —étnica— viendo así disminuidas las
posibilidades de perpetuarse
This paper addresses the growing issue of abandonment of girls and boys in Ixcán (a mainly indigenous population) as a form of violence. This is taking place in post-war Guatemala and with the onslaught of neoliberalism. Child abandonment forms part of a continuum of structural, symbolic and everyday violence. It has repercussions on children as social and historical subjects, who, separated from family and community, are deprived to a large extent of their material and symbolic capital. It also reveals social and family changes in which children are seen as an economic burden for their parents or as a mere commodity. At the same time, the sense of community and –ethnic- belonging are weakened, and the possibilities of flourishing are diminished.
This paper addresses the growing issue of abandonment of girls and boys in Ixcán (a mainly indigenous population) as a form of violence. This is taking place in post-war Guatemala and with the onslaught of neoliberalism. Child abandonment forms part of a continuum of structural, symbolic and everyday violence. It has repercussions on children as social and historical subjects, who, separated from family and community, are deprived to a large extent of their material and symbolic capital. It also reveals social and family changes in which children are seen as an economic burden for their parents or as a mere commodity. At the same time, the sense of community and –ethnic- belonging are weakened, and the possibilities of flourishing are diminished.
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2014-03
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p. 1-30
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Medina Trinidad, Violeta Yurikko. 2014. Niños y niñas raíces de Ixcán: el abandono infantil como expresión de la violencia estructural en Guatemala (Artículos). RELACSO. Revista Estudiantil Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, 2014(4): 1-30.