Shifting Nicaraguan Mediascapes Authoritarianism and the Struggle for Social Justice /

• Main Authors: Cupples, Julie (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Glynn, Kevin (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Latin American Studies,
• Subjects: Cultural geography.; Social justice.; Human rights.; Cultural Geography.; Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights.

This book explores the mediated struggles for autonomy, land rights and social justice in a context of growing authoritarianism and persistent coloniality in Nicaragua. To do so, it draws on in-depth fieldwork, analysis of media texts, and decolonial and other cultural theories. There are two main t...

Table of Contents:

• List of figures
• Abbreviations
• Glossary
• Acknowledgements
• 1.Introduction: Democracy and authoritarianism in Nicaragua
• 2.Decolonial social movements, leftist governments and the media
• 3.The conjuncture
• 4.Crisis and conflict on the Caribbean Coast
• 5.Mediated activism in the Pacific
• 6.Ignorance and illegibility
• References
• Index.