Rigoberta Menchu And The Story Of All Poor Guatemalans by David Stoll

Rigoberta Menchu And The Story Of All Poor Guatemalans by David Stoll

"Rigoberta Menchu is a living legend, a young woman who said that her odyssey from a Mayan Indian village to revolutionary exile was "the story of all poor Guatemalans." By turning herself into an ever"

"More than an expose or refutation, Stoll's account presents an increasingly complex -- and I think ultimately sympathetic -- portrait of an exceptional, eloquent individual caught up in personal and historical tragedies doing her best to maintain her integrityThe strength of this book lies not in its refutation of Rigoberta Menchúu's story but in its inquiry into what the instant worldwide appeal of her autobiography tells us about how we choose to understand recent Guatemalan history, Guatemalan society, and more generally, revolutionary struggle and authenticity in the voice of others." John Watanabe, Darmouth College

"The rule of all sociological studies should be a simple one: no icons. Not Karl Marx; not Max Weber (sigh); not Michel Foucault; not anyone. Rigoberta Menchú should not be an exception. This book is going to explode over Guatemalan and Latin American Studies." Timothy Wickham-Crowley, Georgetown University

David Stoll teaches anthropology at Middlebury College. His other books include Is Latin America Turning Protestant? and Between Two Armies in the Ixil Towns of Guatemala.

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ISBN 13	9780813343969
ISBN 10	0813343968
Title	Rigoberta Menchu And The Story Of All Poor Guatemalans
Author	David Stoll
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Inc
Year published	2007-12-25
Number of pages	388
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