– How Rigoberta Menchú, the testimonial narrator, describes diverse aspects of her life as a Quiché woman in Guatemala in relation with family, labor and sociaoeconomic conditions.
– How the narrator’s ethnic background, socioeconomic condition or gender prompts discrimination and provide examples.
Another Option
– Rigoberta Menchú’s testimony has been a source of controversy among historians and scholars because her testimony was transcribed to Spanish by the journalist Elizabeth Burgos. Menchú was illiterate in Spanish and mostly spoke Quiché. It has been a source of debate the influnce of the journalist in the style and content of the testimony. Read Elizabeth Burgos Introduction to understand her political perspective. In the Critical Sources you can find some of the positions on the controversy.
