I, Rigoberta Menchú: an Indian woman in Guatemala 9781844674718, 1844674711

Table of contents :
The family --
Birth ceremonies --
The nahual --
First visit to the finca. Life in the finca --
First visit to Guatemala City --
An 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. Relationship 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 --
The 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.

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