ALISON CROSBY is an associate professor in the School of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies and the director of the Centre for Feminist Research at York University, Toronto, Canada.  M. BRINTON LYKES is a professor of community-cultural psychology and co-director of the Center for Human Rights and International Justice at Boston College, in Massachusetts. She is the author or editor of several books, including The New Deportations Delirium: Interdisciplinary Responses.

• ContentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction1          Documenting Protagonism: “I can fly with large wings”                    2          Recounting Protagonism: “No one can take this thorn from my soul”                      3          Judicializing Protagonism: “What will the law say?”4          Repairing Protagonism: “Carrying a heavy load”                    5          Accompanying Protagonism: “Facing two directions”          ConclusionAcknowledgmentsNotesReferences     Index

"Extremely persuasive and admirably clear, Beyond Repair? emphasizes the need to analyze gender violence through the historical lens of colonialized racial violence and underlines the centrality of the justice constructions and engagements of Mayan women." - Rachel Sieder (editor of Demanding Justice and Security in Latin America) "This deeply researched book follows Mayan women as they search for justice in the aftermath of sexual violence. Using feminist participatory research methods, the authors attend to both suffering and protagonism." - Kimberly Theidon (author of Intimate Enemies: Violence and Reconciliation in Peru) "Highly recommended." (Choice) "New Books Network - New Books in Genocide Studies" interview with Alison Crosby and M. Brinton Lykeshttps://newbooksnetwork.com/a-d-crosby-and-m-b-lykes-in-beyond-repair-mayan-womens-protagonism-in-the-aftermath-of-genocidal-harm-rutgers-up-2019/ (New Books Network - New Books in Genocide Studies) "Human rights scholars and activists will plumb this rich text for insights into the limitations of our legalistic understanding of human rights. Psychologists will find inspiration in the curative aspects of indigenous practices. Researchers will reevaluate how to conduct feminist, postcolonial PAR work. Feminists will rethink our work on identity and activism. And all of us will reach a fuller understanding of the human capacity for resistance and recovery from gross injustices and atrocities." (Psychology of Women Quarterly) "Crosby and Lykes offer readers a unique opportunity to hear the voices of Mayan women who come together around pain and justice, and to learn about their mixed emotions and their experiences of poverty, peril, fear, and resiliency." (Journal of Community Psychology) "Beyond Repair presents a valuable framework in which to understand how broader legal mechanisms can be deployed within transitional justice and human rights approaches." (Human Rights Quarterly)

ALISON CROSBY is an associate professor in the School of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies and the director of the Centre for Feminist Research at York University, Toronto, Canada.  M. BRINTON LYKES is a professor of community-cultural psychology and co-director of the Center for Human Rights and International Justice at Boston College, in Massachusetts. She is the author or editor of several books, including The New Deportations Delirium: Interdisciplinary Responses.

• ContentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction1          Documenting Protagonism: “I can fly with large wings”                    2          Recounting Protagonism: “No one can take this thorn from my soul”                      3          Judicializing Protagonism: “What will the law say?”4          Repairing Protagonism: “Carrying a heavy load”                    5          Accompanying Protagonism: “Facing two directions”          ConclusionAcknowledgmentsNotesReferences     Index

"Extremely persuasive and admirably clear, Beyond Repair? emphasizes the need to analyze gender violence through the historical lens of colonialized racial violence and underlines the centrality of the justice constructions and engagements of Mayan women." - Rachel Sieder (editor of Demanding Justice and Security in Latin America) "This deeply researched book follows Mayan women as they search for justice in the aftermath of sexual violence. Using feminist participatory research methods, the authors attend to both suffering and protagonism." - Kimberly Theidon (author of Intimate Enemies: Violence and Reconciliation in Peru) "Highly recommended." (Choice) "New Books Network - New Books in Genocide Studies" interview with Alison Crosby and M. Brinton Lykeshttps://newbooksnetwork.com/a-d-crosby-and-m-b-lykes-in-beyond-repair-mayan-womens-protagonism-in-the-aftermath-of-genocidal-harm-rutgers-up-2019/ (New Books Network - New Books in Genocide Studies) "Human rights scholars and activists will plumb this rich text for insights into the limitations of our legalistic understanding of human rights. Psychologists will find inspiration in the curative aspects of indigenous practices. Researchers will reevaluate how to conduct feminist, postcolonial PAR work. Feminists will rethink our work on identity and activism. And all of us will reach a fuller understanding of the human capacity for resistance and recovery from gross injustices and atrocities." (Psychology of Women Quarterly) "Crosby and Lykes offer readers a unique opportunity to hear the voices of Mayan women who come together around pain and justice, and to learn about their mixed emotions and their experiences of poverty, peril, fear, and resiliency." (Journal of Community Psychology) "Beyond Repair presents a valuable framework in which to understand how broader legal mechanisms can be deployed within transitional justice and human rights approaches." (Human Rights Quarterly)

ALISON CROSBY is an associate professor in the School of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies and the director of the Centre for Feminist Research at York University, Toronto, Canada.  M. BRINTON LYKES is a professor of community-cultural psychology and co-director of the Center for Human Rights and International Justice at Boston College, in Massachusetts. She is the author or editor of several books, including The New Deportations Delirium: Interdisciplinary Responses.

• ContentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction1          Documenting Protagonism: “I can fly with large wings”                    2          Recounting Protagonism: “No one can take this thorn from my soul”                      3          Judicializing Protagonism: “What will the law say?”4          Repairing Protagonism: “Carrying a heavy load”                    5          Accompanying Protagonism: “Facing two directions”          ConclusionAcknowledgmentsNotesReferences     Index

"Extremely persuasive and admirably clear, Beyond Repair? emphasizes the need to analyze gender violence through the historical lens of colonialized racial violence and underlines the centrality of the justice constructions and engagements of Mayan women." - Rachel Sieder (editor of Demanding Justice and Security in Latin America) "This deeply researched book follows Mayan women as they search for justice in the aftermath of sexual violence. Using feminist participatory research methods, the authors attend to both suffering and protagonism." - Kimberly Theidon (author of Intimate Enemies: Violence and Reconciliation in Peru) "Highly recommended." (Choice) "New Books Network - New Books in Genocide Studies" interview with Alison Crosby and M. Brinton Lykeshttps://newbooksnetwork.com/a-d-crosby-and-m-b-lykes-in-beyond-repair-mayan-womens-protagonism-in-the-aftermath-of-genocidal-harm-rutgers-up-2019/ (New Books Network - New Books in Genocide Studies) "Human rights scholars and activists will plumb this rich text for insights into the limitations of our legalistic understanding of human rights. Psychologists will find inspiration in the curative aspects of indigenous practices. Researchers will reevaluate how to conduct feminist, postcolonial PAR work. Feminists will rethink our work on identity and activism. And all of us will reach a fuller understanding of the human capacity for resistance and recovery from gross injustices and atrocities." (Psychology of Women Quarterly) "Crosby and Lykes offer readers a unique opportunity to hear the voices of Mayan women who come together around pain and justice, and to learn about their mixed emotions and their experiences of poverty, peril, fear, and resiliency." (Journal of Community Psychology) "Beyond Repair presents a valuable framework in which to understand how broader legal mechanisms can be deployed within transitional justice and human rights approaches." (Human Rights Quarterly)