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I, Rigoberta Menchú : an Indian woman in Guatemala /

Title:
I, Rigoberta Menchú : an Indian woman in Guatemala /
Author:
Menchú, Rigoberta, author.
Format:
Book
Institution:
Emerson College
Contents:
The family -- Birth ceremonies -- Nahual -- First visit to the finca. Life in the finca -- First visit to Guatemala City -- Eight-year-old agricultural worker -- Death of her little brother in the finca. Difficulty of communicating with other Indians -- Life in the Altiplano. Rigoberta's tenth birthday -- Ceremonies for sowing time and harvest. Relationships with the earth -- The natural world. The earth, mother of man -- Marriage ceremonies -- Life in the community -- Death of her friend by poisoning -- A maid in the capital -- Conflict with the landowners and the creation of the CUC -- Period of reflection on the road to follow -- Self-defence in the village -- Bible and self-defence : the examples of Judith, Moses and David -- Attack on the village by the army -- The death of Doña Petrona Chona -- Farewell to the community: Rigoberta decides to learn Spanish -- The CUC comes out into the open -- Political activity in other communities. Contacts with ladinos -- The torture and death of her little brother, burnt alive in front of members of his family and the community -- Rigoberta's father dies in the occupation of the Spanish embassy. Peasants march to the capital -- Rigoberta talks about her father -- Kidnapping and death of Rigoberta's mother -- Death -- Fiestas and Indian queens -- Lessons taught her by her mother: Indian women and ladino women -- Women and political commitment. Rigoberta renounces marriage and motherhood -- Strike of agricultural workers and the first of May in the capital -- In hiding in the capital. Hunted by the army -- Exile.

Online access:
No online access
Library holdings:
Emerson Main Stacks
F1465.2.Q5 M3813 2009Available