I, Rigoberta Menchu: An Indian Woman in Guatemala | Suggested Reading

I, Rigoberta Menchu: An Indian Woman in Guatemala What Do I Read Next?

Crossing Borders is Menchú's 1998 sequel to her autobiography I, Rigoberta Menchú: An Indian Woman in Guatemala. In it she details her continuing work and struggles after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992.

Rigoberta Menchú Tum: Champion of Human Rights is a biography of Menchú appropriate for secondary-school readers.

Guatemalan Women Speak, is a collection of translated statements from ladino and Indian women on a broad range of topics including "Earning a Living," "Being Indian," and "Fighting Back."

Rigoberta Menchú and the Story of All Poor Guatemalans, by David Stoll, is decried by supporters of Menchú as a conservative attack on Menchú's purpose in telling her story, and praised by others as an enlightening analysis of inconsistencies in Menchú's story.

Teaching and Testimony: Rigoberta Menchú and the North American Classroom, a collection of essays written by college professors and teachers about the use of I,...
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