Black autonomy : race, gender, and Afro-Nicaraguan activism / Jennifer Goett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goett, Jennifer, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Black people--Nicaragua--Monkey Point--Politics and government.

Black people.

Black people--Nicaragua--Monkey Point--Government relations.

Women, Black--Political activity--Nicaragua--Monkey Point.

Women, Black.

Community activists--Nicaragua--Monkey Point.

Community activists.

Multiculturalism--Political aspects--Nicaragua.

Multiculturalism.

Multiculturalism--Political aspects.

Women, Black--Political activity.

Politics and government.

Monkey Point (Nicaragua)--Social conditions.

Monkey Point (Nicaragua).

Nicaragua.

Physical Description:

ix, 222 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2017]

Summary:

Black Autonomy examines the race and gender politics of activism for autonomous rights in an Afro-Nicaraguan Creole community. Jennifer Goett argues that despite significant gains in multicultural recognition, Creoles continue to grapple with the violence of capitalist intensification and drug war militarization. Activists have responded by adopting a politics of autonomy based on race pride, territoriality, self-determination, and self-defense. Black Autonomy shows how this radicalism is rooted in African diasporic identification and gendered practices in an atmosphere saturated with violence. Book jacket.

Contents:

Women's origin stories

"Bad boys" and direct resistance

Life on the edge of the global economy

From cold wars to drug wars

Sexual violence and autonomous politics.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Goett, Jennifer, author. Black autonomy

ISBN:

9780804799560

0804799563

9781503600546

1503600548

OCLC:

964645518