| Description |
1 online resource (x, 212 pages) : illustrations |
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Contemporary Hispanic and Lusophone cultures |
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Contemporary Hispanic and Lusophone cultures.
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| Contents |
The creation of Tiquicidad and theories of national identity -- Coded messages: Costa Rican protest literature, 1970-1985 -- Reflecting the nation: Costa Rican cinema in the twenty-first century |
| 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 tico, 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 tico 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 tico 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 and intersectional 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, Afro-Costa Rica, a female consciousness, and trans identity into the fabric of the nation |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Costa Rican literature -- History and criticism
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Motion pictures -- Costa Rica
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National characteristics, Costa Rican.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Caribbean & Latin American.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- Hispanic American.
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Costa Rican literature
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Motion pictures
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National characteristics, Costa Rican
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Costa Rica
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781789624175 |
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1789624177 |
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