In These Neoliberal Times: Blackness in the Multicultural Costa Rican Nation
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Date
2015
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Ohio State University. Center for Latin American Studies
Abstract
The
socio-‐economic
restructuring
that
occurred
in
Central
America
in
the
aftermath
of
the
civil
wars
led
to
the
rise
of
neoliberal
discourses
and
multicultural
discussions.
This
rhetoric
resulted
in
a
new
“awareness”
of
cultural
diversity
and
ethnic
pluralism,
and
led
to
the
emergence
of
multicultural
initiatives
at
local
and
national
levels.
The
spillover
effect
of
such
projects
on
contemporary
literary
production
in
noteworthy,
particularly
when
it
involves
narratives
that
aim
to
rewrite
History
from
a
black
perspective.
This
essay
focuses
on
two
Costa
Rican
novels
and
the
strategies
they
use
to
take
their
intended
readers
to
“black
times”
and
“black
places”
on
the
Atlantic
Coast,
enveloping
them
in
a
wider
neoliberal
and
multiculturalist
project
that
aims
to
reassess
both
national
and
regional
identities.
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alter/nativas, latin american cultural studies journal, no. 4 (Spring 2015)