Abstract
This article explores efforts by Afro-Nicaraguan women activists to enact their communal land rights in Bluefields during a 2009 land occupation. Creole women's interpretation of state power, underdevelopment, and the failure of the autonomy process suggest that a critical race understanding of regional politics not only reveals the persistence of structural anti-black racism but also demonstrates how the state's disregard for the region as the nation's imagined site of racial Otherness harms all Costeños, including poor Mestizos. Creole women's articulation of a geography of solidarity rooted in racial justice rather than blame offers new strategies for confronting regional inequality and state neglect in the construction of regional autonomy.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 355-369 |
Number of pages | 15 |
Journal | Bulletin of Latin American Research |
Volume | 35 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 1 2016 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Geography, Planning and Development
- Development