Miloslavich Tupac, Diana
The autobiography of Maria Elena Moyano
2000
Gainesville: University Press of Florida , 2000, 110 pp.
Biblioteca IEP. Código: 14.02.03/M57A
books in english, maría elena moyano, sendero luminoso, villa el salvador, lima, terrorismo
Resumen:
Shining Path guerrillas (Sendero Luminoso), assassinated María Elena Moyano
and dynamited her body on February 15, 1992. The murdered her in the presence
of her sons, Gustavo and David Pineki, while the family attended a community
event sponsored by a Vaso de Leche
committee in Villa el Salvador. Her assassination had an impact on all
Perú. A multitude attended her burial. Close to 300,000 persons accompanied the
coffin in a monumental repudiation of the terror of the Shining Path. Why kill
her? Assuredly, she represented hope to a country tired of violence and a
danger to those who plotted terrorism. With this book, I tried to recover the
voice of Maria Elena Moyano- the voice echoed by thousands of Peruvian women.
The book consists of the reconstructed testimony of the of the best
representatives of Peruvian womanhood of the last decade. In this book, I tried
to reconstruct María Elena Moyano´s words. Words that embrace a very
significant and creative period for women in Perú. To retrieve her voice, to
introduce her to those who did not know her, I gathered material from radio,
television, newspapers, and magazines and book interviews that contained her
statements. I organized the material by theme and date, designed the chapters,
and added notes to give context to the information.
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