Reading the shortest text that we have been assigned for this course, I cannot help but feel against its brevity that it was one of the most impactful. It tells a story from an unlikely origin, owing to the author’s differences in class and language compared to her readers. In this sense, I […]
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In I, Rigoberta Menchu, Menchu does an excellent job drawing to attention the oppression that indigenous people face in the Americas. While other readings we have done go over cultural oppression, Menchu’s writing comes from the voice of the oppressed herself, which, as the professor mentions in his video, stands out from poems and books […]
Hey everyone! I hope all is well, I had a good experience sitting down to read this week’s reading of I, Rigoberta Menchú. Despite the fact that what Rigoberta Menchú revealed was rather heartbreaking, the story was pr…
Hey everyone! I hope all is well, I had a good experience sitting down to read this week’s reading of I, Rigoberta Menchú. Despite the fact that what Rigoberta Menchú revealed was rather heartbreaking, the story was pr…
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I may have been sounding repetitive in the first sentence of my blogs during this term, saying that I really enjoyed the week’s reading, but this has been truly one of my favourite reads so far. Even though it was hard because of the raw ways Rigoberta described her and her family’s struggles, and sometimes […]
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This week we read “I, Rigoberta Menchu” by Rigoberta Menchu. I found this story to be very impactful and will definitely be one I remember for a long time. I think this book was a very important read for me to deepen my knowledge of the experience of Indigenous peoples (especially the Indigenous groups in […]
I just finished reading I, Rigoberta Menchú and I am having a hard time finding the proper words to describe the feelings that came up while being taken on this journey throughout her life, and the brutal reality too many indigenous …
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I just finished reading I, Rigoberta Menchú and I am having a hard time finding the proper words to describe the feelings that came up while being taken on this journey throughout her life, and the brutal reality too many indigenous …
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After enduring some pretty difficult reads for the last couple of weeks (sorry Jon), reading this book by Rigoberta Menchu was like a breath of fresh air I was waiting to taste. It’s such an eye-opening read that I almost couldn’t put it down once I started. Her story hits a bit of familiarity, not […]
Hi all, This week I discuss the book I, Rigoberta Menchu, and mainly focus on her struggle between Christianity/Catholicism and Maya-Quiche spirituality. I draw on Inca Garcilaso de la Vega for inspiration! Also, we discuss the theatrics in the story of ‘explicit not-sharing’. *THE WORD IS TESTIMONIO! Of course… haha Question: How does one …
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