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Children of the Revolution: Violence, Inequality, and Hope in Nicaraguan Migration

Children of the Revolution: Violence, Inequality, and Hope in Nicaraguan Migration

Enriquez, Laura J.

Paperback

Series: Globalization in Everyday Life

Central American HistoryImmigration & RefugeesWomen's Studies

ISBN10: 1503631281
ISBN13: 9781503631281
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: Apr 19 2022
Pages: 296
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.70 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.80
Language: English

Andrea, Silvia, Ana, and Pamela were impoverished youth when the Sandinista revolution took hold in Nicaragua in 1979. Against the backdrop of a war and economic crisis, the revolution gave them hope of a better future -- if not for themselves, then for their children. But, when it became clear that their hopes were in vain, they chose to emigrate. Children of the Revolution tells these four women's stories up to their adulthood in Italy. Laura J. Enríquez's compassionate account highlights the particularities of each woman's narrative, and shows how their lives were shaped by social factors such as their class, gender, race, ethnicity, and immigration status. These factors limited the options available to them, even as the women challenged the structures and violence surrounding them. By extending the story to include the children, and now grandchildren, of the four women, Enríquez demonstrates how their work abroad provided opportunities for their families that they themselves never had. Hence, these stories reveal that even when a revolution fails to fundamentally transform a society in a lasting way, seeds of change may yet take hold.

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