Rigoberta Menchú Boeken

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.

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Rigoberta Menchu suffered gross injustice and hardship in her early life: her brother, father and mother were murdered by the Guatemalan military. This book conveys the traditional beliefs of her community and her personal response to feminist and socialist ideas.

Durante l'inverno del 1982 Elisabeth Burgos, sociologa e studiosa di antropologia di origine venezuelana, ha trascorso otto giorni con Rigoberta Menchú, giovane contadina guatemalteca dell'etnia quiché. Dell'incontro sono note le pagine di questo libro che, conservando il fascino del racconto orale, ci trasmette l'esistenza di Rigoberta e della sua gente. Dall'autobiografia al mito, dalla memoria collettiva alla denuncia politica, dal rito religioso alla rivelazione dei fondamenti materiali e culturali del popolo quiché. Una donna indiana impara lo spagnolo e lascia il Guatemala per testimoniare al mondo il tormentato percorso delle popolazioni latino-americane verso l'emancipazione.

The Nobel Peace Price winner tells her own story and that of many Guatemalans; the dreams and nightmares of the people and their land. This is the Mayans' story, how they were devastated by the mercenaries and betrayed by the politicians.