I, Rigoberta Menchu Pdf

ISBN: 1844674185
Title: I, Rigoberta Menchu Pdf An Indian Woman in Guatemala
Author: Rigoberta Menchú
Published Date: 2009
Page: 294

“A moving account of gruesome repression, gut-wrenching poverty and vicious racism ... A call to conscience.”—Nation“A fascinating and moving description of the culture of an entire people.”—Times (London)“A cornerstone of the multicultural canon.”—Chronicle of Higher Education“An extraordinary document.”—Francis Sejersted, Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee Rigoberta Menchú received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992 for her efforts to end the oppression of indigenous peoples in Guatemala.

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.

A gripping account at the intersection of indigenous anthropology, women's rights, poverty and political repression/revolution. This is a powerful an extremely interesting text about an indigenous woman from Guatemala. It documents her early life, the culture of her community, the intense hardships they endured and the political repressions which eventually brought them to wage a political struggle that utilized both violent and nonviolent resistance.Though written in memoir form, it is actually compiled from a series of intensive interviews conducted by Elizabeth Burgos-Debray over a one week period in 1982. As a tour of Quiche Maya culture it's of serious anthropological interest (Menchu describes some of the ceremonies and rituals of her people, as well as the hardships of daily life). As a description of political conflict and poverty, it's a sobering reflection-- the amount of pain Menchu and her people endure is beyond belief. Torture, forced disappearances, military raids, unjust eviction and racism become common occurrences.While some have dismissed the work due to certain inconsistencies present in Menchu's testimony revealed by anthropologist David Stoll, it's clear that these are relatively minor (for example, Menchu's brother was indeed tortured and murdered by the military, but it turns out she didn't witness it directly as she recounts in the book).I give it 5 stars for being a readable, truthful account of an important and difficult life. It would be a more accurate read if Burgos-Debray had left it in question-answer interview format, but it would also be less readable. Check it out, you'll learn a lot!Considering this book as the genre of "Testimonio" in Latin American Literature It's a good book that describes the struggles of the Mayan population in Guatemala. It is best to read in conjunction with different articles that criticize this book and also the foreword. This was not written by Rigoberta and it is important to consider the politics of translation as well as transcription. She gave her testimony to Elizabeth Burgos, who collected the information from the interview in Spanish and created the text. At the time when Rigoberta gave her testimony, she only had been speaking Spanish for three years.I read this for one of my college classes at Princeton and I just discussed this book at my book club.Another thing to consider is the genre that this book falls in. It is not a memoir or an autobiography. It falls under the category of latin american literature known as tesimonio. This differs from the direct translation of testimony. I recommend readers do some research on the politics of testimonio and whether or not all that is said is needed to be true.It is a great book to start a conversation on the politics of ethnicity and whether books like these are needed to be entirely truthful or factual!A powerful first-person narrative of poverty and injustice I’ve been non-stop reading this book about the remarkable yet humble indigenous woman, who emerged out of oppressive poverty and ethnic discrimination by educating and empowering herself, and eventually won the Nobel Peace Prize. It is hard to put the book down once you have opened it. It makes you aware and makes you cringe at the hardships, injustices and the layers of oppression against the hardworking and less educated poor, not only in Guatemala but also elsewhere in the world. I highly recommend this book, especially for those of us who want to learn about poverty from the “worm’s eye view” (i.e., first-person narratives, in addition to from the “bird’s eye view” of statistical analyses — both are very important).

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