{"product_id":"five-hundred-years-of-lgbtqia-history-in-western-nicaragua","title":"Five Hundred Years of LGBTQIA+ History in Western Nicaragua","description":"This groundbreaking book reframes five hundred years of western Nicaraguan history by giving gender and sexuality the attention they deserve. Victoria GonzÁlez-Rivera decenters nationalist narratives of triumphant mestizaje and argues that western Nicaragua’s LGBTQIA+ history is a profoundly Indigenous one.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In this expansive history, GonzÁlez-Rivera documents connections between Indigeneity, local commerce, and femininity (cis and trans), demonstrating the long history of LGBTQIA+ Nicaraguans. She sheds light on historical events, such as Andres Caballero’s 1536 burning at the stake for sodomy. GonzÁlez-Rivera discusses how elite efforts after independence to “modernize” open-air markets led to increased surveillance of LGBTQIA+ working-class individuals. She also examines the 1960s and the Somoza dictatorship, when another wave of persecution emerged, targeting working-­class gay men and trans women, leading to a more stringent anti-sodomy law.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The centuries prior to the post-1990 political movement for greater LGBTQIA+ rights demonstrate that, far from being marginal, LGBTQIA+ Nicaraguans have been active in every area of society for hundreds of years.","brand":"University of Arizona Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49790922686808,"sku":"9780816542802","price":59.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780816542802.jpg?v=1778392849","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/five-hundred-years-of-lgbtqia-history-in-western-nicaragua","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}