Who is Rigoberta Menchú?
By: Greg Grandin
Publisher: Verso
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 159
ISBN-13: 9781844674527; 9781844674589
Subjects: Human rights; Politics and government; Stoll, David,; Government relations; Civil rights; Violence; Ethnic relations; Quiché women; Mayas; Indians of Central America; Comisión para el Esclarecimiento Histórico (Guatemala); Terrorism; Biography; History
Description: Examines the work of Guatemala's truth commission and how it determined that genocide had occurred and also investigates accusations made against Rigoberta Menchú's book about Guatemala's military dictatorship that reported these abuses.
Notes: Includes bibliography (p. 151-154) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : a victory described in detail; title: Clarifying history : on the Guatemalan Truth Commission; title: Judging genocide : the reasoning behind the Truth Commission's ruling.