Winner of 2002 Costa Rican National Monograph Award 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....
Winner of 2002 Costa Rican National Monograph Award During the last two decades, a decline in public investment has undermined some of the national va...
Each year, thousands of Central Americans leave their countries and walk across Mexico, seeking to reach the United States. The author explores the dispossession process that drives these migrants from their homes and argues that they are caught in a kind of trap: forced to emigrate, but impeded to immigrate.
Each year, thousands of Central Americans leave their countries and walk across Mexico, seeking to reach the United States. The author explores the di...
