Contested identities in Costa Rica : constructions of the tico in literature and film / Liz Harvey-Kattou.

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Harvey-Kattou, Liz [Browse]
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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2019.
Description
x, 212 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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    Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-207) and index.
    Contents
    • The Tico p. 2
    • Internal 'Others' p. 4
    • Normative Identity: Constructions and Challenges p. 6
    • 1 The Creation of Tiquicidad and Theories of National Identity p. 11
    • The Creation of Tiquicidad p. 11
    • What Defines Us? Theories of National Identity p. 19
    • The Tico 'Other' as a Postcolonial Power Formation p. 23
    • Costa Rica's Internal 'Others' p. 29
    • Defining the Costa Rican Internal Other': Subalternity, Ethnicity, Gender, Sexuality p. 39
    • 2 Coded Messages: Costa Rican Protest Literature, 1970-1985 p. 53
    • Allegories of Identity in Los cuatro espejos by Quince Duncan p. 56
    • The Use of Subtext for Feminist Critique in the Short Stories of Carmen Naranjo p. 76
    • Encoding the Gay Experience in Costa Rica: The Fiction of Alfonso Chase p. 95
    • 3 Reflecting the Nation: Costa Rican Cinema in the Twenty-First Century p. 113
    • The History and Infrastructure of Costa Rican Cinema p. 114
    • Situating Costa Rican Cinema p. 117
    • Intersections at the Tico Centre: Esteban Ramírez's Gestación (2009) p. 118
    • Trans Spaces in San José: Jurgen Ureña's Abrázame como antes (2016) p. 133
    • Undercutting Norms at the Periphery: Paz Fábrega's Agua fría de mar (2009) p. 148
    • Constructing the Margins: Representing Limón in Patricia Velásquez's Dos aguas (2014) p. 164
    • Who or What Counts as Tico? p. 182
    • Challenges to the Norm p. 185.
    ISBN
    • 1789620058 ((hardback))
    • 9781789620054 ((hardback))
    LCCN
    2019297964
    OCLC
    1061090643
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