Once you read the chapters from Rigoberto Munch’s testimony consider the following aspects.
– How Rigoberto Tench, the testimonial narrator, describes diverse aspects of her life as a Quite woman in Guatemala in relation with family, labor and socioeconomic conditions.
– How the narrator’s ethnic background, socioeconomic condition or gender prompts discrimination and provide examples.
Another Option
– Rigoberta Mench’s testimony has been a source of controversy among historians and scholars because her testimony was transcribed to Spanish by the journalist Elizabeth Burgos. Mench was illiterate in Spanish and mostly spoke Quich. It has been a source of debate the influnce of the journalist in the style and content of the testimony. Read Elizabeth Burgos Introduction to understand her political perspective. In the Critical Sources you can find some of the positions on the controversy.
Related Completed Projects
Discuss on what is Economic Commentary
Summarize the readings on Social Security. Be sure to describe the ‘evolution’ of social policies to ensure the well-being (or perhaps, just survival) of vulnerable members of the society, particularly the elderly.
WRITE A PAPER O THE “CYCLE OF CHANGE” MODEL
To what extent has the situation improved?