THE WORD AS A SYMBOLIC BORDER

The article explores some kinds of hostility that Nicaraguan people face inCosta Rica in their everyday life. In this work it is mentioned that symbolicboundaries are invisible limits, for example: jokes, insults, aggressive words,graphite, etcetera. This article analyse the graphite like symbolic b...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Paniagua Arguedas, Laura
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2006
País:Costa Rica
Institución:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/51898
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/sociales/article/view/51898
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:XENOPHOBY
GRAPHITE
NICARAGUAN
MIGRATION
IDENTITY
SYMBOLIC BOUNDARIES
RACIALIZATION
NATIONALISM
XENOFOBIA
GRAFFITI
MIGRACIÓN
NICARAGÜENSE
IDENTIDAD
FRONTERAS SIMBÓLICAS
RACIALIZACIÓN
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Sumario:The article explores some kinds of hostility that Nicaraguan people face inCosta Rica in their everyday life. In this work it is mentioned that symbolicboundaries are invisible limits, for example: jokes, insults, aggressive words,graphite, etcetera. This article analyse the graphite like symbolic boundarythat presents some ideas of Costa Rican national identity. To finish, is statedthat it is very important to debate about the consequences of our myths ofidentity and national problems.