I, Rigoberta Menchú: An Indian Woman in Guatemala - Couverture rigide

Menchú, Rigoberta

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0860910830 ISBN 13 : 9780860910831

Editeur : Verso Books, 1984

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Her 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.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Now a global bestseller, the remarkable life of Rigoberta Menchú, a Guatemalan peasant woman, reflects on the experiences common to many Indian communities in Latin America. Menchú 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. Menchú 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.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Verso Books
• Date d'édition: 1984
• ISBN 10: 0860910830
• ISBN 13: 9780860910831
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 252
• Éditeur: Burgos-Debray Elisabeth