I, Rigoberta Menchú : an Indian woman in Guatemala, edited and introduced by Elisabeth Burgos-Debray ; translated by Ann Wright

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I, Rigoberta Menchú : an Indian woman in Guatemala, edited and introduced by Elisabeth Burgos-Debray ; translated by Ann Wright

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an Indian woman in Guatemala

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edited and introduced by Elisabeth Burgos-Debray ; translated by Ann Wright

Instantiates

• I, Rigoberta Menchú : an Indian woman in Guatemala

Publication

• London, Verso, ©1984

Copyright

• ©1984

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (page 252)

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Contents

The family -- Birth ceremonies -- The nahual -- First visit to the finca. Life in the finca -- First visit to Guatemala City -- An eight-year-old agricultural worker -- Death of her little brother in the finca. Difficulty of communicating with other Indians -- Life in the Altiplano. Rigoberta's tenth birthday -- Ceremonies for sowing time and harvest. Relationship with the earth -- The natural world. The earth, mother of man -- Marriage ceremonies -- Life in the community -- Death of her friend by poisoning -- A maid in the capital -- Conflict with the landowners and the creation of the CUC -- Period of reflection on the road to follow -- Self-defence in the village -- The Bible and self-defence: the examples of Judith, Moses and David -- Attack on the village by the army -- The death of Doña Petrona Chona -- Farewell to the community: Rigoberta decides to learn Spanish -- The CUC comes out into the open -- Political activity in other communities. Contacts with ladinos -- The torture and death of her little brother, burnt alive in front of members of his family and the community -- Rigoberta's father dies in the occupation of the Spanish embassy. Peasants march to the capital -- Rigoberta talks about her father -- Kidnapping and death of Rigoberta's mother -- Death -- Fiestas and Indian queens -- Lessons taught her by her mother: Indian women and ladino women -- Women and political commitment. Rigoberta renounces marriage and motherhood -- Strike of agricultural workers and the first of May in the capital -- In hiding in the capital. Hunted by the army -- Exile

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10895537

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21 cm

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xxi, 251, [1] pages

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9780860910831

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84157775

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.b13081184

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(OCoLC)10895537