Me llamo Rigoberta Menchú y así me nació la conciencia
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Author
Contributions
- Burgos-Debray, Elisabeth. - Contributor
Publication
1985 - Siglo Veintiuno Editores, México
Language
Spanish
Word Count
71,750 words, Guess
Page Count
287 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL15364029M
- ISBN-109682313155
- OCLC Control Number16412131
- OCLC Control Number19720171
- OCLC Control Number12207780
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- Goodreads87256
- LibraryThing17506
Classifications
- LCCF1465.2.Q5 M45 1986g
- DDC972.81/00497
- LCCMLCS 84/16930 (F)
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.
Description
"Rigoberta nació en San Miguel Uspantán, Departamento El Quiché, en Guatemala. Hace 23 años nació, y el castellano lo aprendió hace tres, sin libros, maestros ni escuela. Lo aprendió con su voluntad feroz por romper el silencio en el que viven los indios de América Latina. Se apropió el lenguaje del colonizador, no para integrarse a una historia que nunca la incluyó, sino para hacer valer, mediante la palabra, una cultura que es parte de esa historia. "Me llamo Rigoberta Menchú", dice llanamente, y en esa frase escueta se escucha la voz de todo un pueblo indígena que ha decidido liberarse. Sus palabras no son meramente de denuncia y de protesta. Son ante todo una enérgica afirmación de una manera de ser, de un derecho a ser lo que se es: una cultura específica, una comprensión del universo, una interacción con la naturaleza. La historia de Rigoberta hace eco a la historia de todas las comunidades indígenas de América Latina que han decidido arrebatarle la palabra al opresor."--Page 4 of cover.
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Series Statement
- Historia inmediata
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