I, Rigoberta Menchu: An Indian Woman in Guatemala
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780860917885 (0860917886)
Publish date: July 17th 1985
Publisher: Verso
Pages no: 252
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
History,
Cultural,
Biography Memoir,
Anthropology,
Latin American,
Womens,
Social Movements,
Social Justice
Somewhat fitting that my last book of 2019 was about the exploitation of native people. This was a difficult reading, even knowing that not all of the story was Rigoberta's personal story. I could probably find similar stories of American colonists taking over native lands here and we're still do...
It's too bad that it was discovered that much of what she said about herself turned out to be untrue. BUT as she said, it's the story of her people, whether it was her or another Indian Woman the context is real and largely ignored. Everyone should be required to read. It's the global learning an...
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