Vanderbilt University Press
Nicaragua and the Politics of Utopia: Development and Culture in the Modern State
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- Daniel Chavez
- Vanderbilt University Press
- Hardcover
- 9780826520470
- 10.1 X 6.9 X 1.2 inches
- 2 pounds
- Political Science > World - Caribbean & Latin American
- English
Secure TransactionBook Description
For each era, Chavez reveals the ways Nicaraguan popular culture adapted and interpreted the new political order, shaping, critiquing, or amplifying the regime's message of stability and prosperity for the people. These tactics of interpretation, otherwise known as meaning-making, became all-important for the Nicaraguan people, as they opposed the autocracy of Somocismo, or complemented the Sandinistas, or struggled to find their place in the Neoliberal era. In every case, Chavez shows the reflective nature of cultural production and its pursuit of utopian idealism.
Author Bio
Daniel Chávez is assistant professor of Latin American and Latino studies at the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures at the University of New Hampshire. He joined the University of New Hampshire in 2015, and teaches courses in Spanish language, composition, and critical analysis. The author of numerous articles on film, Latin American literature, and new media studies, he is currently working on a third book, a study of new media representations of Mexican and Mexican American history and culture. Vanderbilt University Press published his book on the cultural and political history of Nicaragua.
Chávez's research is interdisciplinary in nature and includes different aspects of media, history, politics, film and culture from Latin America; especially Mexico and Nicaragua. He also conducts research on race, culture, and film of Latino populations in the United States.
Source: University of New Hampshire
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