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Book SynopsisShattering Myths on Immigration and Emigration in Costa Rica is a major contribution to scholarship on Central American immigration by the sheer number of topics it covers by an internationally recognized team of scholars from several disciplines.
Trade ReviewScholars of transnational mobilities worldwide stand to discover a whole new realm of knowledge on migration within as well as from (and to) the Global South in this aptly-titled groundbreaking collection by Carlos Sandoval-García. Comprising quantitative and qualitative as well as historical and contemporary perspectives from authors of diverse disciplinary provenance, Shattering Myths, not only takes us across neglected geographical borders, but, proceeding from its original, insightful and empirically-rich case studies, into new theoretical terrain. A genuinely compelling and inspiring volume which more than lives up to its name. -- Sylvia Chant, London School of Economics and Political Science
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction Part 2 Part I: Migrant Communities in Costa Rica Chapter 3 Chapter 1. Foreign immigration in Costa Rican history Chapter 4 Chapter 2. The quantitative dimension of Nicaraguan immigration in Costa Rica: From myth to reality Chapter 5 Chapter 3. Selected socio-demographic aspects of the U.S., Canadian, and European residents in Costa Rica Chapter 6 Chapter 4. Replacement migration: New poles of exclusion in transborder migrations in Central America Part 7 Part II: Immigration and Public Policies Chapter 8 Chapter 5. Nicaraguan migration to Costa Rica and public policies Chapter 9 Chapter 6. The Social Security Health System and its uses by Nicaraguans in Costa Rica Part 10 Part III: Costa Rican Emigration Chapter 11 Chapter 7. Family remittances sent by Costa Ricans in the United States Chapter 12 Chapter 8. The first Costa Rican emigrants to New York and New Jersey Chapter 13 Chapter 9. Toward a transnational conception in the study of and attention to Costa Rican migration Part 14 Part IV: Immigration and Gender Chapter 15 Chapter 10. Vulnerability to violence in immigration: Nicaraguan and Panamanian women in migratory transit to Costa Rica Chapter 16 Chapter 11. Transnational reproduction: Reproductive health, limitations and contradictions for working Nicaraguan migrant women in Costa Rica Chapter 17 Chapter 12. Working migrant women and nontraditional agricultural exports: Women workers in packing plants in Costa Rica Chapter 18 Chapter 13. "They're machistas, they treat them badly": Comparative transnational masculinity in sex tourism Part 19 Part V: Social Imaginaries of Migration Chapter 20 Chapter 14. The alterity joke: The nightmare of being the other Chapter 21 Chapter 15. Jokes about Nicaraguans in Costa Rica: Symbolic barriers, social control mechanisms, identity constructors Chapter 22 Chapter 16. NICA/ragüense: The making of the documentary Chapter 23 Chapter 17. Challenges in migration research: Reflections from Costa Rica
