POLI 319 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Burning Of The Spanish Embassy, Nobel Peace Prize, Ethnography
9 Dec 2018
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Truth and political violence in latin america : exploring ethnographic and cultural paths to knowledge. Not only she fled in guatemala as a refugee but also, she got fame by her book. She talks about her experience with military and their massacres, systematic violence with indigenous people in guatemala, even after the war. She became famous for that: her book was widely assigned in universities. Her book emerged even though the war itself continued to rage on. The original name of her book is: my name is rigoberta menchu and this is how i have become conscious. Her testimony is questioned: its interpretation by english speaking scholars. Overview of guatemalan case: 1944-54; civil and labor rights, cia organizes military coup on president jacobo arbenz, led by general carols castillo armas, he bent labor unions, left woing political paryies banned. Guerilla groups in 1960 began to emerge against the government.
