I, Rigoberta Menchú

Description:

"Now a global bestseller, the remarkable life of Rigoberta Menchú, a Guatemalan peasant woman, reflects on the experiences common to many Indian communities in Latin America. Menchú 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. Menchú 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."--Publisher description.

subjects: Biography,  Social life and customs,  Indians of Central America,  Women revolutionaries,  Quiché women,  Quiché Indians,  Revolutionaries,  Relations interethniques,  Biographies,  Indians,  Native Americans,  Vrouwen,  Indigenous peoples,  Manners and customs,  Human rights,  Indiens d'Amérique,  Moeurs et coutumes,  Indianen,  Histoire,  Ethnic relations,  Internal colonialism,  Liberation movements,  Menchu, rigoberta, 1959-,  Quiche? Indians,  Menchú, rigoberta,  Quiché indians--biography,  Revolutionaries--guatemala--biography,  Indians of central america--guatemala--biography,  Quiché women--biography,  Women revolutionaries--guatemala--biography,  Guatemalamesoamerican indianssocial life - personal observations,  F1465.2.q5 m3813 1984,  972.81/00497 b,  Mayas,  Politics and government,  Government relations,  Women human rights workers,  Civil rights,  Women human rights workers--guatemala--biography,  Human rights workers,  Human rights workers--guatemala--biography,  F1465.2.q5 m3813 2010,  972.8100497423 b,  Quiche women,  Spanish language books,  Biografia,  Revolucionarias,  Indios de Guatemala,  Quiché indios,  Biografía,  Social life andcustoms

People: Rigoberta Menchú,  Rigoberta Menchu,  Rigoberta Menchú (1960-)

Places: Guatemala