Menchu Rigoberta - I Rigoberta Menchu An Indian Woman In Guatemala - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: A Nobel Peace Prize winner reflects on poverty injustice and the struggles of Mayan communities in Guatemala offering a fascinating and moving description of the culture of an entire people (The Times) Now a global bestseller the remarkable life of Rigoberta Mench a Guatemalan peasant woman reflects on the experiences common to many Indian communities in Latin America. Mench 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. Mench 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.
Title: I Rigoberta Menchu An Indian Woman In Guatemala
Author(s): Menchu Rigoberta, Elisabeth Burgos-Debray
Publisher: Verso Books
Barcode: 9781844674183
Pages: 320 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 1/1/2010
Category: Indigenous Peoples