I, Rigoberta Menchú: An Indian Woman in GuatemalaHer story reflects the experiences common to many Indian communities in Latin America today. Rigoberta 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 catechist work as an expression of political revolt as well as religious commitment. The anthropologist Elisabeth Burgos-Debray, herself a Latin American woman, conducted a series of interviews with Rigoberta Menchu. The result is a book unique in contemporary literature which records the detail of everyday Indian life. Rigoberta’s gift for striking expression vividly conveys both the religious and superstitious 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 extraordinary woman. |
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... 183 Rigoberta's father dies in the occupation of the Spanish embassy . Peasants march to the capital Chapter XXVI Rigoberta talks about her father 188 Chapter XXVII 195 Kidnapping and death of Rigoberta's mother Chapter.
... 183 Rigoberta's father dies in the occupation of the Spanish embassy . Peasants march to the capital Chapter XXVI Rigoberta talks about her father 188 Chapter XXVII 195 Kidnapping and death of Rigoberta's mother Chapter.
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Contents
Chapter 1 | 1 |
Chapter III | 18 |
Chapter VI | 33 |
Chapter IX | 50 |
Chapter XII | 79 |
Chapter XIII | 87 |
Chapter XV | 102 |
Chapter XVI | 117 |
Chapter XX | 150 |
Chapter XXIII | 163 |
Chapter XXV | 183 |
Chapter XXVIII | 201 |
Chapter XXXI | 220 |
Chapter XXXIII | 236 |
Chapter XVIII | 131 |
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