
Who Is Rigoberta Menchu?
Greg Grandin(Author)
Verso Books (Publisher)
Published on 21. February 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-1-84467-458-9 (ISBN)
Description
In 1984, indigenous rights activist Rigoberta Menchu published a harrowing account of life under a military dictatorship in Guatemala. That autobiography-I, Rigoberta Menchu-transformed the study and understanding of modern Guatemalan history and brought its author international renown. She won a Nobel Peace Prize in 1992. At that point, she became the target of historians seeking to discredit her testimony and deny US complicity in the genocidal policies of the Guatemalan regime.
Told here is the story of an unlettered woman who became the spokesperson for her people and clashed with the intellectual apologists of the world's most powerful nation. What happened to her autobiography speaks volumes about power, perception and race on the world stage. This critical companion to Menchu's work will disabuse many readers of the lies that have been told about this courageous individual.
Told here is the story of an unlettered woman who became the spokesperson for her people and clashed with the intellectual apologists of the world's most powerful nation. What happened to her autobiography speaks volumes about power, perception and race on the world stage. This critical companion to Menchu's work will disabuse many readers of the lies that have been told about this courageous individual.
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Praise for Fordlandia Haunting - Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness resonates through every page of this book.A" New York Times Book Review Fordlandia is - a genuinely readable history recounted with a novelist's sense of pace and an eye for character. It's a significant contribution to our understanding of ourselves and engrossingly enjoyable.A" Timothy Rutten, Los Angeles TimesMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 208 mm
Width: 136 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
225 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84467-458-9 (9781844674589)
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Greg Grandin is the author of Empire's Workshop, The Last Colonial Massacre, Who is Rigoberta Menchu?, the award-winning The Blood of Guatemala, and the 2009 National Book Awards finalist Fordlandia. A professor of history at New York University and a Guggenheim fellow, Grandin has served on the United Nations Truth Commission investigating the Guatemalan Civil War and has written for the Los Angeles Times, Nation, New Statesman, and New York Times.