The Growth of Class Struggle: The Impact of the Nicaraguan Literacy Crusade on the Political Consciousness of Young Literacy Workers

THE FOLLOWING STUDY EXAMINES THE CRUZADA NACIONAL DE ALFABETIZACION (NICARAGUAN LITERACY CRUSADE) WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF A NATIONALIST REVOLUTION MOVING TOWARD A CLASS-BASED REVOLUTION. IT DOES NOT FOCUS ON IMPROVEMENT CAUSED BY THE CRUSADE IN THE SOCIAL WAGE OR INCOME OF THE WORKER-PEASANT MASSES NO...

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Published in:Latin American perspectives 1983-01, Vol.10 (1), p.45-61
Main Authors: Flora, Jan L., McFadden, John, Warner, Ruth
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bourgeois
CLASS CONSCIOUSNESS
CONFLICT
High school students
High schools
LITERACY
NICARAGUA
Numeracy
Peasant class
Political revolutions
REVOLUTION
Social classes
SOCIAL STRATA, CLASS DIVISION
SOCIAL STRUCTURE
Teachers
Upper class
WORKERS, LABORERS, AND WORKING CONDITIONS
YOUTH AND ADOLESCENCE
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Summary:THE FOLLOWING STUDY EXAMINES THE CRUZADA NACIONAL DE ALFABETIZACION (NICARAGUAN LITERACY CRUSADE) WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF A NATIONALIST REVOLUTION MOVING TOWARD A CLASS-BASED REVOLUTION. IT DOES NOT FOCUS ON IMPROVEMENT CAUSED BY THE CRUSADE IN THE SOCIAL WAGE OR INCOME OF THE WORKER-PEASANT MASSES NOR ON THE INCREASE IN POLITICAL COMMITMENT FOR THOSE WHO LEARNED TO READ AND WRITE (ALTHOUGH BOTH ARE IMPORTANT). INSTEAD, IT LOOKS AT THE PROCESS THROUGH WHICH SUPPORT FOR THE REVOLUTION WAS FOSTERED AMONG THE YOUNG EDUCATED ELITE WHO TAUGHT PEASANTS AND WORKERS TO READ AND WRITE. MORE SPECIFICALLY, IT EXAMINES THE POLITICAL IMPACT OF THE LITERACY CRUSADE ON THE LITERACY TEACHERS ACCORDING TO THEIR SOCIAL CLASS. IT RAISES THE QUESTION OF THE SUCCESS OF THE CRUSADE IN STRENGTHENING SUPPORT FOR THE REVOLUTION ON THE PART OF YOUTH OF MIDDLE OR UPPER CLASS BACKGROUND WHO HAD A HIGH PROBABILITY OF BECOMING PART OF THE OPPOSITION AS THE REVOLUTION DEEPENED AND COMPARES THIS TO ITS IMPACT ON WORKING CLASS YOUTH, WHOSE CLASS INTERESTS THE REVOLUTION WAS INTENDED TO SERVE.
ISSN:0094-582X
1552-678X
DOI:10.1177/0094582X8301000104