LGBTQ Politics in Nicaragua

LGBTQ Politics in Nicaragua
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Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Total Pages : 361
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ISBN-10 : 9780816545254
ISBN-13 : 0816545251
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Book Synopsis LGBTQ Politics in Nicaragua by : Karen Kampwirth

Download or read book LGBTQ Politics in Nicaragua written by Karen Kampwirth and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2022-06-21 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The modern political tumult of Nicaragua includes revolution, dictatorship, and social movements. LGBTQ Politics in Nicaragua explores the untold stories of the LGBTQ community of Nicaragua and its role in the recent political history of the country. Karen Kampwirth is a renowned scholar of the Nicaraguan Revolution, who has been writing at the intersection of gender and politics for decades. In this chronological telling of the last fifty years of political history in Nicaragua, Kampwirth deploys a critical new lens: understanding politics from the perspective of the country’s LGBTQ community. Kampwirth details the gay and lesbian guerrillas in the 1960s and 1970s, Nicaragua’s first openly gay television wizard in the 1980s, and the attempts by LGBTQ revolutionaries to create a civil rights movement and the subsequent squashing of that movement by the ruling Sandinista party. She analyzes the shifting political alliances, the rise of strong feminist and LGBTQ movements in Nicaragua, and the attempts by the administration of Daniel Ortega to co-opt and control these movements. Ultimately, this is a story of struggle and defeat, progress and joy. This timely book provides a well-documented review of LGBTQ politics in modern Nicaragua, helping us to see the Sandinista Revolution and its ongoing aftermath in a new light.


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