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Now a global bestseller, the remarkable life of Rigoberta Mench¿, a Guatemalan peasant woman, reflects on the experiences common to many Indian communities in Latin America. Mench¿ 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. Mench¿ 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…mehr
Now a global bestseller, the remarkable life of Rigoberta Mench¿, a Guatemalan peasant woman, reflects on the experiences common to many Indian communities in Latin America. Mench¿ 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. Mench¿ 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 extraordinary woman.
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Rigoberta Mench¿ received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992 for her efforts to end the oppression of indigenous peoples in Guatemala.
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Translator’s note Introduction I The family II Birth ceremonies III The nahual IV First visit to the finca. Life in the finca V First visit to Guatemala City VI An eight-year-old agricultural worker VII Death of her little brother in the finca. Difficulty of communicating with other Indians VIII Life in the Altiplano. Rigoberta’s tenth birthday IX Ceremonies for sowing time and harvest. Relationships with the earth X The natural world. The earth, mother of man XI Marriage ceremonies XII Life in the community XIII Death of her friend by poisoning XIV A maid in the capital XV Conflict with the landowners and the creation of the CUC XVI Period of reflection on the road to follow XVII Self-defence in the village XVIII The Bible and self-defence: the examples of Judith, Moses and David XIX Attack on the village by the army XX The death of Doña Petrona Chona XXI Farewell to the community: Rigoberta decides to learn Spanish XXII The CUC comes out into the open XXIII Political activity in other communities. Contacts with ladinos XXIV The torture and death of her little brother, burnt alive in front of members of his family and the community XXV Rigoberta’s father dies in the occupation of the Spanish embassy. Peasants march to the capital XXVI Rigoberta talks about her father XXVII Kidnapping and death of Rigoberta’s mother XXVIII Death XXIX Fiestas and Indian queens XXX Lessons taught her by her mother: Indian women and ladino women XXXI Women and political commitment. Rigoberta renounces marriage and motherhood XXXII Strike of agricultural workers and the First of May in the capital XXXIII In hiding in the capital. Hunted by the army XXXIV Exile Acknowledgements Glossary Bibliography Further Reading
Translator’s note Introduction I The family II Birth ceremonies III The nahual IV First visit to the finca. Life in the finca V First visit to Guatemala City VI An eight-year-old agricultural worker VII Death of her little brother in the finca. Difficulty of communicating with other Indians VIII Life in the Altiplano. Rigoberta’s tenth birthday IX Ceremonies for sowing time and harvest. Relationships with the earth X The natural world. The earth, mother of man XI Marriage ceremonies XII Life in the community XIII Death of her friend by poisoning XIV A maid in the capital XV Conflict with the landowners and the creation of the CUC XVI Period of reflection on the road to follow XVII Self-defence in the village XVIII The Bible and self-defence: the examples of Judith, Moses and David XIX Attack on the village by the army XX The death of Doña Petrona Chona XXI Farewell to the community: Rigoberta decides to learn Spanish XXII The CUC comes out into the open XXIII Political activity in other communities. Contacts with ladinos XXIV The torture and death of her little brother, burnt alive in front of members of his family and the community XXV Rigoberta’s father dies in the occupation of the Spanish embassy. Peasants march to the capital XXVI Rigoberta talks about her father XXVII Kidnapping and death of Rigoberta’s mother XXVIII Death XXIX Fiestas and Indian queens XXX Lessons taught her by her mother: Indian women and ladino women XXXI Women and political commitment. Rigoberta renounces marriage and motherhood XXXII Strike of agricultural workers and the First of May in the capital XXXIII In hiding in the capital. Hunted by the army XXXIV Exile Acknowledgements Glossary Bibliography Further Reading
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