| Description |
xxiii, 294 pages ; 22 cm |
| Summary |
Biographies & Autobiographies |
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History |
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The best-selling account of the life of Latin American peasant woman and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. Now a global bestseller, the remarkable life of Rigoberta MenchĐ, a Guatemalan peasant woman, reflects on the experiences common to many Indian communiti- es in Latin America. MenchĐ suffered gross injustice and hardship in her early life: her brother, father and mother were murdered by the Guatemalan military. She learned Spanish and turned to catechistic work as an expression of political revolt as well as religious commitment. MenchĐ vividly conveys the traditional beliefs of her community and her personal response to feminist and socialist ideas. Above all, these pages are illuminated by the enduring courage and passionate sense of justice of an extraordina- ry woman. This new edition is introduced by Greg Grandin, who places MenchĐ's account into a contemporary political context, and assesses revisionist arguments about Rigoberta MenchĐ and Guatemalan history |
| Notes |
Translation of: Me llamo Rigoberta Menchú y así me nació la conciencia |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Menchú, Rigoberta.
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Indians of Central America -- Guatemala -- Biography.
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Quiché Indians -- Biography.
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Quiché women -- Biography.
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Women revolutionaries -- Guatemala -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Autobiographies.
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| Author |
Burgos-Debray, Elisabeth.
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| LC no. |
2010292478 |
| ISBN |
9781844674183 (paperback) |
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9781844674459 (hbk) |
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