Gender, Politics, and The Triumph of Mestizaje in Early 20th Century Nicaragua

• Autores: Jeffrey L. Gould
• Localización: Journal of Latin American Anthropology, ISSN 1085-7052, Vol. 2, Nº. 1, 1996 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Mestizaje), págs. 4-33
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The �myth of Nicaragua mestizo,� this Uncommon sense notion that Nicaragua had long been an ethnically homogenous society is one of the elite's most enduring hegemonic achievements. The creation of this nationalistic discourse in Nicaragua depended upon the increasing disarticulation of the Comunidades Indigenas. The delegitimization of indigenous authenticity, in turn, was related to the development of a democratic discourse of equal rights and citizenship that effectively suppressed specific indigenous rights to communal land and political autonomy. The article also underscores how gender influenced the mestizaje process, especially through the discursive feminzation of Indian males. Finally, the article points to some of the political consequences of the enshrinement of mestizaje in Central America