We, Rigoberta's Excuse-Makers

Autor/in	Patai, Daphne
Titel	We, Rigoberta's Excuse-Makers
Quelle	In: Academic Questions, 25 (2012) 2, S.190-208 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0895-4852
DOI	10.1007/s12129-012-9294-7
Schlagwörter	Interviews; Debate; Postmodernism; Politics; Political Issues; Rhetoric; Foreign Countries; Guatemala + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Debating; Streitgespräch; Postmoderne; Politik; Politischer Faktor; Rhetorik; Ausland
Abstract	In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the controversy surrounding Nobel Peace Prize laureate Rigoberta Menchu constituted one of the most interesting--and acrimonious--academic debates to take place in recent decades. It may seem that not much new can be said about it now, for most every single person weighing in on the subject has already spoken, and that includes Rigoberta Menchu herself, Elisabeth Burgos, David Stoll, and the many writers and scholars who participated in the debate years ago. But this is a story that keeps coming back, and hence it is worth reviewing. In this article, the author describes the immediate, vituperative, and ongoing reaction to Stoll's conscientious research--and eventually to Stoll himself. Today, Stoll continues to be vilified, while Menchu's fictionalized past, defended as postmodern truth, continues to be retold as nonfiction. (Contains 45 footnotes.) (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10