Threatening Others : Nicaraguans and the Formation of National Identities in Costa Rica.
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- Research in International Studies, Latin America Series ; v.42 .
- Research in International Studies, Latin America Series .
Intro -- Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Making Sense of National Identities -- Chapter 2. Media Representations of Nicaraguans in Costa Rica -- Chapter 3. Costa Rican Exceptionalism and the Nicaraguan Other in Historical Perspective -- Chapter 4. Belonging and Racialization as Lived Experience -- Chapter 5. Material Decline, Dislocation, and Racialization -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1. Framing in News about Nicaraguans in Costa Rica, La Nación and La República, 1995-96 -- Appendix 2. Toward a Network of Crimes Committed by Former Contras, 1991-96 -- Appendix 3. International News about Nicaragua, La Nación, 1994-96 -- Appendix 4. News Actors in Reports about Nicaraguan General Elections (1996) -- Appendix 5. Stories by Primary and Secondary Students about Costa Rica as a Nation -- Appendix 6. Portrayal of Nicaraguans in Costa Rica in Stories by Primary and Secondary Students -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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.