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The Nicaraguan Literacy Crusade Revisited: The Teaching of Literacy as a Nation–Building Project.
- Source :
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Bulletin of Latin American Research . Jul2004, Vol. 23 Issue 3, p339-354. 16p. - Publication Year :
- 2004
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Abstract
- This article draws on the ideas of in discussing the role played by the National Literacy Crusade of 1980 in imagining the Nicaraguan nation. As the article demonstrates, the National Literacy Crusade had the potential to create a sense of communion with a mass of anonymous others that is, according to Anderson, the hallmark of modern nations. At the same time, it was also a project that sought to foster a particular national identity centred around the anti–imperialist and socialist nationalism of the Sandinista National Liberation Front. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *LITERACY
*NATION building
*NATIONALISM
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02613050
- Volume :
- 23
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Bulletin of Latin American Research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 13506263
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0261-3050.2004.00112.x