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The Resource Contested identities in Costa Rica : constructions of the tico in literature and film, Liz Harvey-Kattou, (electronic resource)

Contested identities in Costa Rica : constructions of the tico in literature and film, Liz Harvey-Kattou, (electronic resource)

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Costa Rica is a country known internationally for its eco-credentials, dazzling coastlines, and reputation as one of the happiest and most peaceful nations on earth. Beneath this façade, however, lies an exclusionary rhetoric of nationalism bound up in the concept of the <i>tico</i>, as many Costa Ricans refer to themselves. Beginning by considering the very idea of national identity and what this constitutes, this book explores the nature of the idealised <i>tico</i> identity, demonstrating the ways in which it has assumed a white supremacist, Central Valley-centric, patriarchal, heteronormative stance based on colonial ideals. Chapters two and three then go on to consider the literature and films produced that stand in opposition to this normative image of who or what is <i>tico</i> and their creation as vehicles of soft power which aim to question social norms. This book explores protest literature from the 1970s by Quince Duncan, Carmen Naranjo, and Alfonso Chase who narrate their experiences from the margins of society by virtue of their identity as Afro-Costa Rican, feminist, and homosexual authors. Cinema from the twenty-first century is then analysed to demonstrate the nuanced position chosen by national directors Esteban Ramírez, Paz Fábrega, Jurgen Ureña, and Patricia Velásquez to challenge the dominant nation-image as they reinscribe youth culture, a female consciousness, trans identity, and Afro-Costa Rica onto the fabric of the nation.--
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Contested identities in Costa Rica : constructions of the tico in literature and film
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Contested identities in Costa Rica
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constructions of the tico in literature and film
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Liz Harvey-Kattou
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Language
eng
Summary
Costa Rica is a country known internationally for its eco-credentials, dazzling coastlines, and reputation as one of the happiest and most peaceful nations on earth. Beneath this façade, however, lies an exclusionary rhetoric of nationalism bound up in the concept of the <i>tico</i>, as many Costa Ricans refer to themselves. Beginning by considering the very idea of national identity and what this constitutes, this book explores the nature of the idealised <i>tico</i> identity, demonstrating the ways in which it has assumed a white supremacist, Central Valley-centric, patriarchal, heteronormative stance based on colonial ideals. Chapters two and three then go on to consider the literature and films produced that stand in opposition to this normative image of who or what is <i>tico</i> and their creation as vehicles of soft power which aim to question social norms. This book explores protest literature from the 1970s by Quince Duncan, Carmen Naranjo, and Alfonso Chase who narrate their experiences from the margins of society by virtue of their identity as Afro-Costa Rican, feminist, and homosexual authors. Cinema from the twenty-first century is then analysed to demonstrate the nuanced position chosen by national directors Esteban Ramírez, Paz Fábrega, Jurgen Ureña, and Patricia Velásquez to challenge the dominant nation-image as they reinscribe youth culture, a female consciousness, trans identity, and Afro-Costa Rica onto the fabric of the nation.--
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  • Contemporary Hispanic and Lusophone cultures
  • Liverpool University Press - Opening the Future
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20
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  • National characteristics in literature
  • Motion pictures
  • National characteristics in motion pictures
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Contested identities in Costa Rica : constructions of the tico in literature and film, Liz Harvey-Kattou, (electronic resource)
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9781789620054
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Contested identities in Costa Rica : constructions of the tico in literature and film, Liz Harvey-Kattou, (electronic resource)
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https://eui.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10.3828/9781789620054
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online resource
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CR9781789624175
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unknown
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1 online resource (x, 212 pages)
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online
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9781789620054
Media category
computer
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rdamedia
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  • c
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digital, PDF file(s).
Specific material designation
remote
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(OCoLC)1102416580

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