Who Is Rigoberta Menchu?
1st Edition
Published on 23. August 2011
176 pages
978-1-78168-361-3 (ISBN)
Description
In 1984, indigenous rights activist Rigoberta Mench¿ published a harrowing account of life under a military dictatorship in Guatemala. That autobiography-I, Rigoberta Mench¿-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 Mench¿'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 Mench¿'s work will disabuse many readers of the lies that have been told about this courageous individual.
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English
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London
United Kingdom
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Reflowable
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978-1-78168-361-3 (9781781683613)
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Greg Grandin is the author of Empire's Workshop, The Last Colonial Massacre, Who is Rigoberta Mench¿?, 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.
Content
- Intro
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction: A Victory Described in Detail
- 1. Clarifying History: On The Guatemalan Truth Commission
- 2. Judging Genocide: The Reasoning Behind The Truth Commission'S Ruling
- Appendix: The Findings of the UN Commission for Historical Clarification-A State Racist in Theory and Practice
- Suggestions for Further Reading
- Index
