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This book marks a critical contribution to the intercultural
dialogue about immigration. 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. This trap is discussed empirically through the
analysis of immigration policies implemented by the United States
government and ethnographic fieldwork carried out in some of
"albergues" (shelters).
This book marks a critical contribution to the intercultural
dialogue about immigration. 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. This trap is discussed empirically through the
analysis of immigration policies implemented by the United States
government and ethnographic fieldwork carried out in some of
"albergues" (shelters).
Shattering Myths on Immigration and Emigration in Costa Rica
provides the first comprehensive examination of transnational
migration patterns into and out of Costa Rica. This impressive
edited volume brings together the work of 18 top scholars from
diverse social science backgrounds to analyze Costa Rican migration
patterns in the era of globalization. The first section focuses on
immigration in Costa Rican history, including chapters on
Nicaraguan, North American and European immigration to the country
as well a chapter on transnational migration within Central
America. The second part centers on the social and political status
of Nicaraguans in Costa Rica that make up a sizable portion of the
working-class similar to Mexican immigrants in the southwestern
United States. The third section of the book analyzes outmigration
of Costa Ricans with chapters on the role of international
remittances sent back to Costa Rica (a major source of income in
contemporary Latin America) and particular migration patterns of
Costa Ricans living in the northeastern United States. The fourth
part of the collection examines the timely topic of gender and
cross-border migration with emphases on women in the actual
migration transit process and the vulnerability of immigrant women
in different industries including agriculture and sex tourism. The
concluding chapters emphasize the social and symbolic images of
immigrants to Costa Rica including the construction of in-group and
out-group identities, the use of symbolic violence and racism
against immigrants. This volume was originally published in Costa
Rica in 2007 and reprinted in 2008 by the University of Costa Rica
Press.
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