{"product_id":"the-rigoberta-mench-controversy","title":"The Rigoberta Mench Controversy","description":"\u003cp\u003eA balanced appraisal of the bitter debate surrounding the autobiography of Guatemalas 1992 Nobel Peace Prize recipient.  Guatemalan indigenous rights activist Rigoberta Mench first came to international prominence following the 1983 publication of her memoir  I  Rigoberta Mench  which chronicled in compelling detail the violence and misery that she and her people suffered during her countrys brutal civil war. The book focused world attention on Guatemala and led to her being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992. In 1999  a book by David Stoll challenged the veracity of key details in Menchs account  generating a storm of controversy. Journalists and scholars squared off regarding whether Mench had lied about her past and  if so  what that would mean about the larger truths revealed in her book.  In The Rigoberta Mench Controversy  Arturo Arias has assembled a casebook that offers a balanced perspective. The first section of this volume collects the primary documents-newspaper articles  interviews  and official statements-in which the debate raged  many translated into English for the first time. In the second section  a distinguished group of international scholars assesses the political  historical  and cultural contexts of the debate and considers its implications for such issues as the culture wars  historical truth  and the politics of memory. Included is a new essay by David Stoll in which he responds to his critics.  Contributors: Luis Aceituno; Juan Jess Aznrez; John Beverley  U of Pittsburgh; Allen Carey-Webb  Western Michigan U; Margarita Carrera; Duncan Earle  U of Texas  El Paso; Carolina Escobar Sarti; Claudia Ferman  U of Richmond; Dina Fernndez Garca; Eduardo Galeano; Dante Liano  U of Milan; W. George Lovell  Queens U  Canada; Christopher H. Lutz; Octavio Mart; Victor D. Montejo  UC Davis; Rosa Montero; Mario Roberto Morales  U of Northern Iowa; Jorge Palmieri; Daphne Patai  U of Massachusetts  Amherst; Mary Louise Pratt  Stanford U; Danilo Rodrguez; Ileana Rodrguez  Ohio State U; Larry Rohter; Jorge Skinner-Kle; Elzbieta Sklodowska  Washington U; Carol A. Smith  UC Davis; Doris Sommer  Harvard U; David Stoll  Middlebury College; Manuel Vsquez Montalbn; and Kay B. Warren  Harvard U.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44984587288629,"sku":"ByrdShop_0816636265","price":28.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780816636266.jpg?v=1770838096","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-rigoberta-mench-controversy","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}