The nation is our mother

Augusto Sandino and the construction of a peasant nationalism in Nicaragua, 1927-1934

Bibliographic Data

ID2158251
AuthorsRichard Grossman, Richard S Grossman (corresponding author)
Year2008
Volume35
Issue1
Pages80-99
Publication date2008-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Peasant Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0306-6150 • E-ISSN: 1743-9361
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03066150801983337
OpenAlexW2167721106
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited13

This article explores the creation of a nationalist identity in Nicaragua during the guerrilla war of Augusto Sandino against the occupying United States. The social base of Sandino was the mountain peasants of northern Nicaragua; a social sector usually described as unlikely to become the creators and carriers of a national identity. Yet by using a gendered and familial discourse, which described Nicaragua as the 'madre patria' (mother homeland) and the members as his army as brothers, Sandino was successful in activating strong nationalist feelings amongst his peasant followers. The article examines both Sandino's discourse, and how it was interpreted by his peasant followers. It is this attempt to bring their perspectives into the discussion that contributes to this new assessment of the construction of a national identity in Nicaragua

Aesthetics · Citizen journalism · Citizenship · Ethnology · Feeling · Homeland · Identity (music · National identity · Nationalism · Peasant · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Gender Studies · Historical Studies in Central America · Law · Politics and Society in Latin America

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