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In the first half of the book Rigoberta described her life and the many hardships that she and her people suffered in Guatemala. The things she described are terrible but in the second half of the book things got even worse. The things that she describes her mother and brother enduring are so horrible they […] read full post >>

The most fascinating thing to me in this half was the connection to Guama Poma De Ayala, where he claimed that the Indigenous would make for good Christians. When I first read that, I thought that was a load of delusion given the pre-existing culture of the Indigenous. “Ain’t no way they just gonna drop […] read full post >>

 Week 8: I, Rigoberta Menchu: An Indian Woman in GuatemalaAfter our discussion last week about the nature of the book and possible false information, I was very curious to read the second half.A large portion of the second half focused on Menchu a... read full post >>

 Week 8: I, Rigoberta Menchu: An Indian Woman in GuatemalaAfter our discussion last week about the nature of the book and possible false information, I was very curious to read the second half.A large portion of the second half focused on Menchu a... read full post >>

I somehow did not realize there was a blog post today and I was told that we’re missing the special Andrew confusion so here I am. This was a weird read for me because it felt was so personal and yet so distant. These are undoubtedly Menchu’s experiences and yet I feels so disconnected and […] read full post >>

This contemporary account of an Indigenous woman navigating the quickly changing landscape of mid-20th century Guatemala was riveting, to say the least. There were plenty of connections to past readings, notably with Guaman Poma de Ayala. I found the part of the Intro where Menchú talks about learning Spanish, not out of a desire to […] read full post >>

 Week 7: I, Rigoberta Menchu: An Indian Woman in GuatemalaMenchu's novel was so interesting to read, both structure and content-wise. I've never read a book that was created from recorded interviews, and the oral element shone through in the synta... read full post >>

Reading I, Rigoberta Menchú was an experience. There’s a lot I want to talk about in regards to the first half of this novel, from the way community is organized, to daily life, to relationships to work, family, and others, and of course the ways in which social hierarchies intersect all of these. I was … Continue reading I, Rigoberta Menchú, Week One read full post >>

Reading I, Rigoberta Menchú was an experience. There’s a lot I want to talk about in regards to the first half of this novel, from the way community is organized, to daily life, to relationships to work, family, and others, and of course the ways in which social hierarchies intersect all of these. I was … Continue reading I, Rigoberta Menchú, Week One read full post >>

In this week’s reading of the book I, Rigoberta Menchú, I could feel sorrow and pain that Rigoberta had endured in her childhood. It feels as if she is telling her story in person because her detailed memories that not only describe the events she experienced but her emotions that had developed at the time […] read full post >>