Rituals, social sharing, silence, emotions and collective memory claims in the case of the Guatemalan genocide
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Carlos Marín Beristain et al., « Rituals, social sharing, silence, emotions and collective memory claims in the case of the Guatemalan genocide », Psicothema, ID : 10670/1.8gr9ip
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"In this article we will review both theory and data pertaining to the emotional effects of collective rememberingby means of social sharing and funeral rituals. Data is based on the experience of GuatemalanMayas, who were victims of a genocide during the nineteen eighties. Results show that that Mayansubjects did not report lower levels of subjective and emotional reactions compared to the Latinocommunity. A finding which contradicts the idea that this is a less expressive and emotional culture.Rituals had a more important buffer effect for Mayas in comparison to Ladino communities. Materiallosses did not imply, and affect, both groups in the same way. Commemoration activities were mostimportant for those subjects who had been affected by collective massacres. Silence was an adaptiveform of coping in the past, although that may not be the case at the present moment."