Threatening others : Nicaraguans and the formation of national identities in Costa Rica /

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 Nationa...

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Autore principale: Sandoval García, Carlos (Autore)
Natura: Licensed eBooks
Lingua:inglese
spagnolo
Pubblicazione: Athens : Ohio University Press, ©2004.
Serie:Research in international studies. Latin America series ; no. 42.
Accesso online:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt1rfsq30
Sommario:
  • 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.