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Book SynopsisThe Legacy of the Filibuster War: National Identity and Collective Memory in Central America analyzes the development of the Filibuster War as a symbol of Costa Rican national identity and presents several challenges to traditional theories of modernization and the creation of nationalism. By focusing on the development of cultural features defined by the transformation of collective memory, Marco Cabrera Geserick argues that national identity is a dynamic process defined according to local, national, and international contexts. Modernization theories connect the creation of symbols of official nationalism with the period of consolidation of the nation-state, yet the Filibuster War started its rise to Costa Rican national identity years later. Cabrera Geserick analyzes the threats to sovereignty and imperialist advances that served to promote the memory of the Filibuster War, while local social transformationssuch as the abolition of the army, the rise of popular forces, and internal p
Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: Fighting for May 1st: Rise, Fall, and Return of the Memory of the Filibuster War Chapter 2: The Alajuelato and the Rise of Liberalism: May 1st versus Santamaria Chapter 3: The Return of the FIlibuester Myth and Cultural Anit-Imperialism: Consolidtion of the Memory of the Filibuster War in Twentieth-Century Costa Rica Chapter 4: Santa Rosa, or Failing on Inventing Traditions Chapter 5: Celebrating the Avenging Torch: Perceptions of a Military Hero in a Country without Army Conclusion
