El país de las mujeres, Gioconda Belli’s (Neo)feminist Treatise: New Proposals for a Post-Sandinista Society in Nicaragua

Abstract

This article examines the connections between the historical Sandinista past in Nicaragua (1979-1990), the controversial Sandinista return with Daniel Ortega (2007-2018), and the literary present in Gioconda Belli’s novel, El país de las mujeres. Using the concept of “trafficking history,” this article analyzes the novel and associates the two historical contexts with the innovative virtual women’s movement and its recent “real” iterations. El país de las mujeres is a work of fiction that is based on reality and includes a gendered political and social agenda.