Troubled Nationalism: Exclusion-Assimilation in Trocitos de carbón, by Carlos Gagini

Trocitos de carbón (1923), by Carlos Gagini, is analyzed as one of the first cases of an inclusive nationalism that takes into account the provinces of Guanacaste, Puntarenas and Limón. At the same time, the text materializes the remnants of a discriminatory racism of those elements considered then...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Solano Rivera, Silvia Elena
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:Costa Rica
Institución:Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UNA
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:www.revistas.una.ac.cr:article/9098
Acceso en línea:https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/letras/article/view/9098
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Costa Rican literature
Costa Rican drama
racism
nationalism
literatura costarricense
teatro costarricense
racismo
nacionalismo
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Sumario:Trocitos de carbón (1923), by Carlos Gagini, is analyzed as one of the first cases of an inclusive nationalism that takes into account the provinces of Guanacaste, Puntarenas and Limón. At the same time, the text materializes the remnants of a discriminatory racism of those elements considered then as foreigners or immigrants, such as black people from Limón, accepted only if they assimilate the hegemonic culture of the central valley.