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Threatening others : Nicaraguans and the formation of national identities in Costa Rica / Carlos Sandoval-Garcia.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sandoval García, Carlos.
- Series:
- Research in international studies. Latin America series ; no. 42.
- Ohio University research in international studies. Latin America series ; no. 42
- Standardized Title:
- Otros amenazantes. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nicaraguans--Costa Rica--Public opinion.
- Nicaraguans.
- Noncitizens--Costa Rica--Public opinion.
- Noncitizens.
- Public opinion--Costa Rica.
- Public opinion.
- Identity (Psychology)--Costa Rica.
- Identity (Psychology).
- Nationalism--Costa Rica.
- Nationalism.
- Ethnicity--Costa Rica.
- Ethnicity.
- Discrimination--Costa Rica.
- Discrimination.
- Illegal immigration.
- Costa Rica--Ethnic relations.
- Costa Rica.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (265 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Athens : Ohio University Press, c2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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 looks critically at the "exceptionalism" that Costa Ricans take for granted and view as a part of their national identity.
- Contents:
- Making sense of national identities
- Media representations of Nicaraguans in Costa Rica
- Costa Rican exceptionalism and the Nicaraguan other in historical perspective
- Belonging and racialization as lived experience
- Material decline, dislocation, and racialization.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-235) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780896804432
- 0896804437
- OCLC:
- 889676521
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