Contested Discourses on National Identity: Representing Nicaraguan Immigration to Costa Rica

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This article explores the ways in which the immigration of Nicaraguans to Costa Rica is represented by Costa Rican institutions and individuals through public discourses and everyday life. Three discourses are considered. First, intellectual claims that immigration poses a threat to Costa Rican nati...

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Autor principal: Sandoval García, Carlos
Formato: Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2019
Materias:
Costa Rica
Immigration
National identities
Nicaraguan Migrants
Politics of representation
Subjectivity
Acceso en línea:http://repositorio.iis.ucr.ac.cr/handle/123456789/238
http://biblioteca.clacso.edu.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=cr/cr-004&d=123456789238oai
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Red de Bibliotecas Virtuales de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO) de Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales
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topic Costa Rica
Immigration
National identities
Nicaraguan Migrants
Politics of representation
Subjectivity
spellingShingle Costa Rica
Immigration
National identities
Nicaraguan Migrants
Politics of representation
Subjectivity
Sandoval García, Carlos
Contested Discourses on National Identity: Representing Nicaraguan Immigration to Costa Rica
topic_facet Costa Rica
Immigration
National identities
Nicaraguan Migrants
Politics of representation
Subjectivity
description This article explores the ways in which the immigration of Nicaraguans to Costa Rica is represented by Costa Rican institutions and individuals through public discourses and everyday life. Three discourses are considered. First, intellectual claims that immigration poses a threat to Costa Rican national identity, whereby intellectuals portray ‘Costa Rica in crisis’ due to immigration. Second, fictional works seek to represent issues regarding the Nicaraguan community in innovative ways, being open-ended and including diverse voices. Third, stories written by Nicaraguan children are discussed in view of exploring how hostility towards immigration interpellates them, who face the challenge of negotiating their identities with their peers in everyday life. The article ends by asking for a politics able to defend public institutions and public investment, able to forge networks of solidarity with immigrant communities.
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title Contested Discourses on National Identity: Representing Nicaraguan Immigration to Costa Rica
title_short Contested Discourses on National Identity: Representing Nicaraguan Immigration to Costa Rica
title_full Contested Discourses on National Identity: Representing Nicaraguan Immigration to Costa Rica
title_fullStr Contested Discourses on National Identity: Representing Nicaraguan Immigration to Costa Rica
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