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.
Interdisciplinary and based on extensive fieldwork, it looks
critically at the "exceptionalism" that Costa Ricans take for
granted and view as a part of their national identity. Carlos
Sandoval-Garcia argues that Nicaraguan immigrants, once perceived
as a "communist threat," are now victims of an invigorated,
racialized politics in which the Nicaraguan nationality has become
an offense in itself. Threatening Others is a deeply searching book
that will interest scholars and students in Latin American studies
and politics, cultural studies, and ethnic studies.
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