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MenchÚ, Rigoberta - rēˌgōbĕrˈtä mĕnchooˈ, 1959–, Guatemalan social reformer. Of Mayan descent, she and her family were caught in Guatemala's bloody civil war. Protesters against human-rights abuses, her father, mother, and younger brother were killed by Guatamalan soldiers, and in 1981 Menchú fled the country and settled


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    Rigoberta Menchu and the Story of All Poor Guatemalans » Read Now

    by David Stoll. 344 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    This work is about a living legend, a young Guatemalan orphaned by government death squads who said that her odyssey from a Mayan Indian village to revolutionary exile was 'the story of all poor Guatemalans'.
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    The Rigoberta Menchu Controversy » Read Now

    by Arturo Arias. 418 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    Guatemalan indigenous rights activist Rigoberta Menchu first came to international prominence following the 1983 publication of her memoir, I, Rigoberta Menchu, which chronicled in compelling detail the violence and misery that she and her people suffered during her country's brutal civil war. The...
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    Scandals and Scoundrels: Seven Cases That Shook the Academy (Chap. Six "Rigoberta Menchú and the Making of the Maya Holocaust") » Read Now

    by Ron Robin. 277 pgs.

    "Ron Robin's "Scandals and Scoundrels is a clever provocation but more: It opens into a fascinating tour through treacherous postmodern territories, culminating in an economical explanation for what he calls 'the inflation in deviancy spectacles, ' all in stylish prose, no mystification...
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    Woman as Witness: Essays on Testimonial Literature by Latin American Women ("The Crying Game: Rigoberta Menchú and the Responsibilities of Testimonio Criticism" begins on p. 21) » Read Now

    by Isabel Dulfano, Linda S. Maier. 218 pgs.

    Collections: Literature, Entire Library
    Testimonial narrative is considered to be both a constant in Latin American literature, as well as one of the most prominent features of the post-boom writing of the 1980s and 1990s; women have successfully assimilated this form and currently dominate the testimonial genre in Latin America. The...
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    Subalternity and Representation: Arguments in Cultural Theory (Chap. 3 "Our Rigoberta? I, Rigoberta Menchú, Cultural Authority, and the Problem of Subaltern Agency") » Read Now

    by John Beverley. 208 pgs.

    Collections: Entire Library
    The term "subalternity" refers to a condition of subordination brought about by colonisation or other forms of economic, social, racial, linguistic, and/or cultural dominance. Subaltern studies is, therefore, a study of power. Who has it and who does not. Who is gaining it and who is losing it...
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    The Social Conscience of Latin American Writing (Chap. 3 "Testimonial Narrative: Whose Text?") » Read Now

    by Naomi Lindstrom. 187 pgs.

    Collections: Literature, Entire Library
    "On one level, this is a brilliant scholarly answer to the bedeviling question asked by non-Latin Americanists, 'What is Latin American literature like?' On another level, it coordinates and clarifies, for specialists, the complex of current issues that are often confusing and even discouraging...
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    The Art of Peace: Nobel Peace Laureates Discuss Human Rights, Conflict and Reconciliation ("Dr. Rigoberta Menchú Tum: Guatemala" begins on p. 75) » Read Now

    by Jeffrey Hopkins, José Ramos-Horta. 233 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    Nine Nobel Peace laureates discuss human rights, conflict, and reconciliation with the conviction that morality is essential for personal, political, social, and economic balance. Biographies of each participant and photos included.

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