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Communicating “Truth”: Testimonio, Vernacular Voices, and The Rigoberta Menchú Controversy
- DOI:
- 10.1080/10714420802511192
pages 323-345
Available online: 19 Dec 2008Abstract
In this essay, the authors explore some of the communicative dimensions of the Rigoberta Menchú controversy, engaging both the textual and contextual elements of this controversy. They first provide a brief review of the Menchú case and an analysis of the criticism by her principal detractor, David Stoll. The authors then analyze the unique role that testimonio plays in Latin American discursive constructions, as well as how other discursive communities responded to the Menchú-Stoll controversy. Finally, the authors comment on the discursive importance of the Menchú-Stoll controversy, and make a case for the heuristic value of testimonio in future investigations of Latin American work in communication studies.
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- Available online: 19 Dec 2008
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- a Department of Communication, Boston College,
- b Department of Communication, University of Utah,
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