Identity, Revolution, and Democracy

Lesbian Movements in Central America

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2484989
AutoresMillie Thayer (University of California, Berkeley, autor correspondente)
Ano1997
Volume44
Fascículo3
Páginas386-407
Data de publicação1997-08-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSocial Problems (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0037-7791 • E-ISSN: 1533-8533
EditoraOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/3097184
OpenAlexW2010607498
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas43
Referências citadas35

Through case studies of lesbian movements in Costa Rica and Nicaragua, this paper examines the phenomenon of identity-based movements, finding that it embraces significant differences in the content and forms of collective identities. New social movement theory calls attention to the role of identity in contemporary movements, but overlooks variation in the nature of identities. Resource mobilization and political process theories, on the other hand, offer tools for explaining differences, but have not generally been applied to cross-national comparisons of movements around identity. Drawing on interviews with lesbian activists in Costa Rica and Nicaragua, on participant observation, and on archival research, I argue that three factors account for the differences in the way movements in distinctive national contexts construct collective identities: 1) economic structure/model of development; 2) state-civil society relations; and 3) the broader field of social movements

Aesthetics · Art · Civil society · Collective identity · Construct (python library) · Democracy · Identity (music) · Lesbian · New social movements · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Resource mobilization · Social movement · Sociology · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Latin American and Latino Studies · Law · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Politics and Society in Latin America