Gringas, Ghouls and Guatemala: The 1994 Attacks on North American Women Accused Of Body Organ Trafficking

• Autores: Abigail E. Adams
• Localización: Journal of Latin American Anthropology, ISSN 1085-7052, Vol. 4, Nº. 1, 1998, págs. 112-133
• Idioma: inglés
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  • This article compares Guatemalans' use of the term gringa in their response to 1) the 1994 child-stealing scare and 2)Jennifer Harbury's (the U.S. lawyer) search for her guerilla husband. As an "anti�kin" ghoul reproduced at the unstable intersection of North/South and male/female hierarchies, the gringa embodies boundaries, and elusive, tantalizing border�crossing possibilities. The gringa is differently constituted by ladino elites and by peasants. Both narratives interweave in today's competition for fatherhood between military and civilian governments.