Omar Cabezas, Nicaragua, and the Narrative of Liberation

To the Revolution and Beyond

José María Mantero

• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Year: 2019
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781793606662
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Latin American & Caribbean Literary Criticism
• Index: Literature

Throughout his political and military career, Omar Cabezas fought to transform Nicaragua, to implement the ethics that had led him to participate in the armed struggle against Anastasio Somoza's regime, and to be active during the 1980s and 1990s as a member of the National Congress. Omar Cabezas, Nicaragua, and the Narrative of Liberation: To the Revolution and Beyond surveys the foundations of liberation discourse as it relates to the work of Omar Cabezas. It examines themes associated with Nicaraguan and Latin American culture and literature, considering key issues of national liberation and identity in the wake of the Sandinista revolution. By contextualizing the research within a continental and national perspective and using concepts such as utopia, orality, and humor to frame the discussion on national liberation , Mantero shows the symbiotic relationship between the work of Cabezas and the reformulation of Nicaraguan identity in the post-revolution.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Latin American Identity, Liberation, and Intercultural Philosophy
• Utopia and Testimonio
• Post-Revolutionary Autobiography in Nicaragua
• The Work of Omar Cabezas
• Comedy as Subversion and Resistance in the Work of Omar Cabezas
• The Liberation of Fire from the Mountain
• Conclusion
• Bibliography
• Index
• About the Author