Format:
Online-Ressource (265 p)
ISBN:
9780896804432
Series Statement:
Research in International Studies, Latin America Series no. 42
Content:
During the last two decades, a decline in public investment has undermined some of the national values and institutions of Costa Rica. The resulting sense of dislocation and loss is usually projected onto Nicaraguan "immigrants." Threatening Others: Nicaraguans and the Formation of National Identities in Costa Rica explores the representation of the Nicaraguan "other" in the Costa Rican imagery. It also seeks to address more generally why the sense of national belonging constitutes a crucial identification in contemporary societies. Interdisciplinary and based on extensive fieldwork, it loo
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Tables; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Making Sense of National Identities; 2 Media Representations of Nicaraguans in Costa Rica; 3 Costa Rican Exceptionalism and the Nicaraguan Other in Historical Perspective; 4 Belonging and Racialization as Lived Experience; 5 Material Decline, Dislocation, and Racialization; Conclusion; Appendixes; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780896804432
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780896802353
Additional Edition:
Print version Threatening Others : Nicaraguans and the Formation of National Identities in Costa Rica
Language:
English
Keywords:
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