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Shattering Myths on Immigration and Emigration in Costa Rica
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2010
Summary
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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Copyright year
2010
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-4467-1
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-4469-5
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
340
Product type
Edited Book
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Foreword No access
Introduction No access
Chapter 1: Foreign Immigration in Costa Rican History No access
Chapter 2: The Quantitative Dimension of Nicaraguan Immigration in Costa Rica No access
Chapter 3: Selected Sociodemographic Aspect sof U.S., Canadian, and European Residents in Costa Rica No access
Chapter 4: Replacement Migration No access
Chapter 5: Nicaraguan Migration to Costa Rica and Public Policies No access
Chapter 6: The Social Security Health System and its Uses by Nicaraguans in Costa Rica No access
Chapter 7: Family Remittances Sent by Costa Ricans in the United States No access
Chapter 8: The First Costa Rican Emigrants to New York and New Jersey No access
Chapter 9: Toward a Transnational Conception in the Study of and Attention to Costa Rican Migration No access
Chapter 10: Vulnerability to Violence in Immigration No access
Chapter 11: Transnational Reproduction No access
Chapter 12: Working Migrant Women and Nontraditional Agricultural Exports No access
Chapter 13: “They’re Machistas, They Treat Them Badly” No access
Chapter 14: The Alterity Joke No access
Chapter 15: Jokes about Nicaraguans No access
Chapter 16: NICA/ragüense The Making of the Documentary No access
Chapter 17: Challenges in Migration Research No access
