The Grimace of Macho Ratón
Subtitle: Artisans, Identity, and Nation in Late-Twentieth-Century Western Nicaragua
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: December 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9780822322559
Subjects: Anthropology; Ethnic studies; Social classes; Politics and government; Latin America - Central America; Contemporary Politics - Latin America; Nationalism; Current Affairs; History - General History; Political; Sociology; Nicaragua; National characteristics; Anthropology - Cultural; Anthropology/Ethnography; Latin American Studies; cloth; Gueguense; Gèuegèuense
First sentence: This chapter's roving description of the interpretations of El Gueguence is shaped by three analytic positionings: the exegesis of national identity as a social construction; the link between national identities, national literatures, and literary discourses, as shaped by state systems of power; and the legitimization of intellectual discourses in subaltern countries, such as Nicaragua, by metropolitan authorities.