Performances of Gender in Revolutionary Contexts: The Case of Nicaragua
This paper explores how public and private performances of gender were impacted by Sandinista revolutionary ideology and discourse in 1980s Nicaragua. In order to pinpoint the problematic aspects of Sandinista discourse, this analysis breaks down key political texts and images that shaped Latin Amer...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | fra |
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Pléiade (EA 7338)
2019-12-01
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| Series: | Itinéraires |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/itineraires/6929 |
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| Summary: | This paper explores how public and private performances of gender were impacted by Sandinista revolutionary ideology and discourse in 1980s Nicaragua. In order to pinpoint the problematic aspects of Sandinista discourse, this analysis breaks down key political texts and images that shaped Latin American revolutionary discourse, as well as texts that were used or popularized by the Sandinista revolutionary leadership in relation to men’s and women’s role within the revolutionary process. The logic that permeates the analysed material evinced a clear masculinist, heterosexist bias that had an impact on political decision-making regarding women’s rights. In the institutionalization of revolutionary ideology and its translation to legislative reforms, there were clear boundaries to what the revolutionary male leadership would accede to in terms of women’s reproductive rights, women’s role in the public sphere and men’s role in the domestic sphere. This analysis concludes that Sandinista revolutionary discourse and policies rather than subvert, reiterated pre-revolutionary gender roles and expectations, in spite of the Sandinista revolutionary movement’s professed goal of achieving gender equality. |
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| ISSN: | 2427-920X |