I, Rigoberta Menchú
I, Rigoberta Menchú

Author: Rigoberta Menchú

Publisher: Verso

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 9780860917885

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Her story reflects the experiences common to many Indian communities in Latin America today. Rigoberta 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 catechist work as an expression of political revolt as well as religious commitment. The anthropologist Elisabeth Burgos-Debray, herself a Latin American woman, conducted a series of interviews with Rigoberta Menchu. The result is a book unique in contemporary literature which records the detail of everyday Indian life. Rigoberta’s gift for striking expression vividly conveys both the religious and superstitious 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.

A Glimpse at Guatemala; And Some Notes on the Ancient Monuments of Central America
A Glimpse at Guatemala; And Some Notes on the Ancient Monuments of Central America

Author: Alfred Perciva Maudslay

Publisher: Alpha Edition

Published: 2021-03-26

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789356010833

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This book has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies and hence the text is clear and readable.

Guatemala, the country of the future
Guatemala, the country of the future

Author: Charles M. Pepper

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2019-12-10

Total Pages: 82

ISBN-13:

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"Guatemala, the country of the future" by Charles M. Pepper. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Enduring Violence
Enduring Violence

Author: Cecilia Menjívar

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2011-04-01

Total Pages: 303

ISBN-13: 0520948416

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Drawing on revealing, in-depth interviews, Cecilia Menjívar investigates the role that violence plays in the lives of Ladina women in eastern Guatemala, a little-visited and little-studied region. While much has been written on the subject of political violence in Guatemala, Menjívar turns to a different form of suffering—the violence embedded in institutions and in everyday life so familiar and routine that it is often not recognized as such. Rather than painting Guatemala (or even Latin America) as having a cultural propensity for normalizing and accepting violence, Menjívar aims to develop an approach to examining structures of violence—profound inequality, exploitation and poverty, and gender ideologies that position women in vulnerable situations— grounded in women’s experiences. In this way, her study provides a glimpse into the root causes of the increasing wave of feminicide in Guatemala, as well as in other Latin American countries, and offers observations relevant for understanding violence against women around the world today.

The Statesman's Year-Book
The Statesman's Year-Book

Author: J. Scott-Keltie

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-12-29

Total Pages: 1445

ISBN-13: 0230270336

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The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.