Testimonio /
Testimonio developed from Latin American human rights struggles and is generally understood as a first-person narrative that gives voice to injustice and resiliency. Testimonio is grounded in a collective history of resistance, used by nondominant groups to challenge oppression and bring attention t...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
SAGE Publications Ltd.,
2020.
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| Series: | Narrative research.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Testimonio developed from Latin American human rights struggles and is generally understood as a first-person narrative that gives voice to injustice and resiliency. Testimonio is grounded in a collective history of resistance, used by nondominant groups to challenge oppression and bring attention to injustice, in an effort to transform it (Burgos-Debray & Mench,͠ 1984). One of the most widely known contemporary testimonios is that of Rigoberta Mench,͠ an indigenous human rights activist from Guatemala. Her testimonio originally titled Me Llamo Rigoberta Mench ͠y As ̕Me Naco̕ La Conciencia (I, Rigoberta Mench:͠ An Indian Woman in Guatemala, is the title of English translation, although not the exact translation of the Spanish title), documented the violence and death she survived during a horrific civil war, and told ... |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781529746020 1529746027 9781526421036 1526421038 |