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

Title
Threatening others : Nicaraguans and the formation of national identities in Costa Rica / Carlos Sandoval-García.
Author
Sandoval García, Carlos
Publication
Athens : Ohio University Press, ©2004.

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Description
xxiii, 240 pages; 22 cm
Summary
A decline in public expenditure has affected cherished national institutions & values in Costa Rica, with the blame tending to be placed on immigrant Nicaraguans. This book explores the construction of the 'other' in Costa Rican imagery & considers the role of national identification in modern societies.
Series Statement
Ohio University research in international studies. Latin America series ; no. 42
Uniform Title
  • Otros amenazantes. English
  • Research in international studies. Latin America series no. 42.
Alternative Title
Otros amenazantes.
Subject
  • Discrimination > Costa Rica
  • Ethnicity > Costa Rica
  • Identity (Psychology) > Costa Rica
  • Noncitizens > Costa Rica > Public opinion
  • Nationalism > Costa Rica
  • Nicaraguans > Costa Rica > Public opinion
  • Public opinion > Costa Rica
  • Illegal immigration > Costa Rica > Public opinion
  • Undocumented Immigrants
  • 15.85 history of America
  • Noncitizens > Public opinion
  • Discrimination
  • Ethnic relations
  • Ethnicity
  • Identity (Psychology)
  • Nationalism
  • Public opinion
  • Formation of government
  • National identity
  • Noncitizens
  • Costa Rica > Ethnic relations
  • Costa Rica
  • Costa Rica
  • Nicaragua
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-235) and index.
Language (note)
  • Translated from the Spanish.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
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.
ISBN
  • 0896802353
  • 9780896802353
LCCN
  • 2004000099
  • 99808878468
OCLC
54023994
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library