I, Rigoberta Menchú

Translator's note Introduction I The family II Birth ceremonies III The nahual IV First visit to the finca. Life in the finca V First visit to Guatemala City VI An eight-year-old agricultural worker VII Death of her little brother in the finca. Difficulty of communicating with other Indians VIII Life in the Altiplano. Rigoberta's tenth birthday IX Ceremonies for sowing time and harvest. Relationships with the earth X The natural world. The earth, mother of man XI Marriage ceremonies XII Life in the community XIII Death of her friend by poisoning XIV A maid in the capital XV Conflict with the landowners and the creation of the CUC XVI Period of reflection on the road to follow XVII Self-defence in the village XVIII The Bible and self-defence: the examples of Judith, Moses and David XIX Attack on the village by the army XX The death of Doña Petrona Chona XXI Farewell to the community: Rigoberta decides to learn Spanish XXII The CUC comes out into the open XXIII Political activity in other communities. Contacts with ladinos XXIV The torture and death of her little brother, burnt alive in front of members of his family and the community XXV Rigoberta's father dies in the occupation of the Spanish embassy. Peasants march to the capital XXVI Rigoberta talks about her father XXVII Kidnapping and death of Rigoberta's mother XXVIII Death XXIX Fiestas and Indian queens XXX Lessons taught her by her mother: Indian women and ladino women XXXI Women and political commitment. Rigoberta renounces marriage and motherhood XXXII Strike of agricultural workers and the First of May in the capital XXXIII In hiding in the capital. Hunted by the army XXXIV Exile Acknowledgements Glossary Bibliography Further Reading