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Author Sandoval García, Carlos.

Title Threatening others : Nicaraguans and the formation of national identities in Costa Rica / Carlos Sandoval-García.

Publication Info. Athens : Ohio University Press, [2004]
©2004

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Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 240 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Ohio University research in international studies. Latin America series ; no. 42
Research in international studies. Latin America series ; no. 42.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-235) and index.
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.
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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 loo.
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Subject Nicaraguans -- Costa Rica -- Public opinion.
Nicaraguans.
Costa Rica.
Public opinion.
Illegal immigration -- Costa Rica -- Public opinion.
Illegal immigration.
Public opinion -- Costa Rica.
Identity (Psychology) -- Costa Rica.
Identity (Psychology)
Nationalism -- Costa Rica.
Nationalism.
Ethnicity -- Costa Rica.
Ethnicity.
Discrimination -- Costa Rica.
Discrimination.
Costa Rica -- Ethnic relations.
Ethnic relations.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Title Otros amenazantes. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2004023454
Other Form: Print version: Sandoval García, Carlos. Otros amenazantes. English. Threatening others. Athens : Ohio University Press, ©2004 (DLC) 2004000099
ISBN 9780896804432 (electronic book)
0896804437 (electronic book)
0896802353
9780896802353