Shattering myths on immigration and emigration in Costa Rica / edited by Carlos Sandoval-García ; translated by Kari Meyers.
| Other author | Sandoval García, Carlos. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, |
| Description | 1 online resource (xxvi, 339 p.) |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Mito roto. English |
| Contents | Foreign immigration in Costa Rican history / Patricia Alvarenga -- The quantitative dimension of Nicaraguan immigration in Costa Rica: from myth to reality / Carlos Castro -- Selected sociodemographic aspects of U.S., Canadian, and European residents in Costa Rica / Flora V. Calderón-Steck and Roger E. Bonilla-Carrión -- Replacement migration: new poles of exclusion in transborder migrations in central America / Abelardo Morales -- Nicaraguan migration to Costa Rica and public policies / Gustavo Gatica -- The social security health system and its uses by Nicaraguans in Costa Rica / Roger E. Bonilla-Carrión -- Family remittances sent by Costa Ricans in the United States / Erika Chaves -- The first Costa Rican emigrants to New York and New Jersey / Carmen Kordick de Cubero -- Toward a transnational conception in the study of and attention to Costa Rican migration / Carmen Caamaño -- Vulnerability to violence in immigration: Nicaraguan and Panamanian women in migratory transit to Costa Rica / Rocío Loría -- Transnational reproduction: reproductive health, limitations, and contradictions for working Nicaraguan migrant women in Costa Rica / Kate Goldade -- Working migrant women and nontraditional agricultural exports: women workers in packing plants in Costa Rica / Sang Lee -- "They're machistas, they treat them badly": comparative transnational masculinity in sex tourism / Megan Rivers-Moore -- The alterity joke: the nightmare of being the "other" / Jorge Ramírez -- Jokes about Nicaraguans: symbolic barriers, social control mechanisms, and identity constructors / Karen Masís and Laura Paniagua -- NICA/ragüense: the making of a documentary / Julia Fleming -- Challenges in migration research: reflections from Costa Rica / Carlos Sandoval-García. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Shattering myths on immigration and emigration in Costa Rica Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2011. 9780739144671 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021678550 |
| ISBN | 9780739144695 ebook |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |