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“I Rigoberta” and the Politics of Discourse

“I Rigoberta” and the Politics of Discourse. "For common people such as myself, there is no difference between testimony, biography, and autobiography ... What we do is tell what we have lived, not just alone" (Menchu, 1999). Rigoberta Menchu. 1959 Quiche maya

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“I Rigoberta” and the Politics of Discourse

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  1. “I Rigoberta” and the Politics of Discourse • "For common people such as myself, there is no difference between testimony, biography, and autobiography ... What we do is tell what we have lived, not just alone" (Menchu, 1999).

  2. Rigoberta Menchu • 1959 • Quiche maya • CUC (Committee of the Peasant Union) • RUOG • 1992: Nobel Peace Prize

  3. "What has happened to me has happened to many other people too: My story is the story of all poor Guatemalans. My personal experience is the reality of a whole people” (menchu, 1983: 1).

  4. The allegations • The land story a family feud not a government action • Educated in Schools not self-taught • No evidence of death by starvation of brother Nicholas

  5. "It tells my personal testimony, but it also has parts of the testimony of the collectiveness of Guatemala," she said. "For common people such as myself, there is no difference between testimony, biography, and autobiography ... What we do is tell what we have lived, not just alone."

  6. The origins of testimonials • Move away from documentary reportage • Eyewitness story: individual, collective • Linked to social context • Critique structures of power • Latin american Fiction and documentary reportage • Different form and content

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