<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<front>
<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1659-4940</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Cuadernos Inter.c.a.mbio sobre Centroamérica y el Caribe]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Inter.c.a.mbio]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1659-4940</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Centro de Investigación en Identidad y Cultura Latinoamericanas (CIICLA) de la Universidad de Costa Rica]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S1659-49402018000100076</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15517/c.a..v15i1.32960</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[La alteridad interna: Las representaciones sobre el Caribe en la construcción de la identidad nacional costarricense]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Anglin Fonseca]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Lloyd R]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Costa Rica  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>15</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>76</fpage>
<lpage>99</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1659-49402018000100076&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1659-49402018000100076&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1659-49402018000100076&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen El presente ensayo hace un análisis del proceso que produjo el imaginario y la articulación que realiza dicho imaginario con las representaciones fabricadas en otros contextos sobre los tópicos geográficos y racistas. Asimismo, este plantea la necesidad de vincular los procesos de construcción de representaciones sociales con las causalidades socioeconómicas que intervienen en la definición de los territo rios y las comunidades imaginadas. En la construcción de la identidad nacional cos tarricense se han representado territorialidades que se imaginan como periféricas. Entre ellas destacan la Región Caribe del país, en la cual existen grupos étnicos y características ambientales que la separan del Valle Central, lugar que ha funcionado como el espacio donde ocurrió el nacimiento &#8220;mítico&#8221; de la nación. La metodología empleada incluye el recurso de fuentes primarias y secundarias, junto con el análisis discursivo de estas, mediante las cuales se buscó comprender la construcción del imaginario investigado. La primera parte aporta las variables de trabajo y el marco teórico en el cual se definen los conceptos de identidad y nación. En la segunda, se analiza el proceso de construcción de la sociedad costarricense en el marco de los imperialismos coloniales y en la última, se relacionan las representaciones sobre la región caribeña a partir de los condicionantes contextuales.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract This essay analyzes the process that produced the imaginary and the articula tion of this imaginary to the geographical and racist representations developed in other contexts. It also states the need to link the processes of construction of social representations to the socioeconomic causalities that intervene in the definition of territories and imagined communities. In the construction of Costa Rican national identity some of the regions belonging to country´s territory have traditionally been imagined as alien and exotic. Among them, the Caribbean lowlands are notorious for their ethnic groups and environment that set them apart from the Central Valley, where the mythic birth of the nation took place. The methodology used here includes the study of primary and secondary sources, along with discursive analysis, in order to make a comprehensive interpretation of the process that led to the elaboration of those social representations. The first part defines the main concepts and establis hes the theoretical framework, such as nation and identity. The second part descri bes the process that built Costa Rican society in the context of colonial imperialisms. In the last one, the representations on the Caribbean region are discussed in relation to the context in which they were elaborated.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="pt"><p><![CDATA[Resumo O presente ensaio faz uma análise do processo que produziu o imaginário e da ar ticulação que este realiza com as representações feitas em outros contextos sobre temas geográficos e racistas. Da mesma forma, este levanta a necessidade de vin cular os processos de construção de representações sociais com as causalidades socioeconômicas que intervêm na definição de territórios e comunidades imaginadas. Na construção da identidade nacional costarriquense foram representadas territoria lidades que se imaginam como periféricas. Entre elas se destaca a Região Caribe do país, na qual existem grupos étnicos e características ambientais que a separam do Vale Central, lugar que funcionou como o espaço onde ocorreu o nascimento &#8220;mítico&#8221; da nação. A metodologia utilizada inclui o uso de fontes primárias e secundárias, jun tamente com a análise discursiva destas, através das quais se procurou compreender a construção do imaginário investigado. A primeira parte apresenta as variáveis de trabalho e o marco teórico em que os conceitos de identidade e nação são definidos. Na segunda, se analisa o processo de construção da sociedade costarriquense no âmbito dos imperialismos coloniais e, na última, se relacionam as representações sobre a Região Caribe a partir dos condicionamentos contextuais.]]></p></abstract>
<kwd-group>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Alteridad]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[representación]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Caribe]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[identidad]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[nación]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Otherness]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[representation]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Caribbean]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[identity]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[nation]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Alteridade]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[representação]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Caribe]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[identidade]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[nação]]></kwd>
</kwd-group>
</article-meta>
</front><back>
<ref-list>
<ref id="B1">
<nlm-citation citation-type="">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ortega]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Acuña]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hugo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Víctor]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<source><![CDATA[La Invención de la diferencia costarricense. Revista de Historia]]></source>
<year>2002</year>
<volume>45</volume>
<page-range>191-28</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B2">
<nlm-citation citation-type="book">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Anderson]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Benedict]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<source><![CDATA[Comunidades imaginadas, reflexión sobre el ori gen y la difusión del nacionalismo]]></source>
<year>1993</year>
<publisher-loc><![CDATA[México ]]></publisher-loc>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Fondo de la Cultura Económica]]></publisher-name>
</nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B3">
<nlm-citation citation-type="book">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Barthes]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Roland]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<source><![CDATA[Mitologías]]></source>
<year>2002</year>
<publisher-loc><![CDATA[México ]]></publisher-loc>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Siglo VeintiunoXXI Editores]]></publisher-name>
</nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B4">
<nlm-citation citation-type="book">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Bernal]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Martin]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<source><![CDATA[Black Athena]]></source>
<year>1987</year>
<publisher-loc><![CDATA[New Yersey ]]></publisher-loc>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Rutgers University Press]]></publisher-name>
</nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B5">
<nlm-citation citation-type="book">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Díaz Arias]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[David]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<source><![CDATA[La construcción de la nación. Teoría e historia]]></source>
<year>2003</year>
<publisher-loc><![CDATA[San José ]]></publisher-loc>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Editorial de la Universidad de Costa Rica]]></publisher-name>
</nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B6">
<nlm-citation citation-type="book">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Dijk]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Teun van]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<source><![CDATA[Ideología y discurso. Una ntroducción multidiscipli naria]]></source>
<year>2003</year>
<publisher-loc><![CDATA[Barcelona ]]></publisher-loc>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Ariel]]></publisher-name>
</nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B7">
<nlm-citation citation-type="book">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Dijk]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Teun van]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<source><![CDATA[Racismo y Discurso de las Élites]]></source>
<year>2003</year>
<publisher-loc><![CDATA[Barcelona ]]></publisher-loc>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Gedisa]]></publisher-name>
</nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B8">
<nlm-citation citation-type="book">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Dobles]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Fabián]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<source><![CDATA[Historias de Tata Mundo]]></source>
<year>2006</year>
<publisher-loc><![CDATA[San José, Costa Rica ]]></publisher-loc>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Editorial Universidad de Costa Rica]]></publisher-name>
</nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B9">
<nlm-citation citation-type="book">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Duncan]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Quince]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<source><![CDATA[El Negro en la literatura costarricense]]></source>
<year>1975</year>
<publisher-loc><![CDATA[San José ]]></publisher-loc>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Editorial Costa Rica]]></publisher-name>
</nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B10">
<nlm-citation citation-type="book">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Fallas]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Carlos Luis]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<source><![CDATA[Mamita Yunai]]></source>
<year>1975</year>
<publisher-loc><![CDATA[San José ]]></publisher-loc>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Editorial Costa Rica]]></publisher-name>
</nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B11">
<nlm-citation citation-type="book">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Fernández Guardia]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ricardo]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<source><![CDATA[Costa Rica en el Siglo S. XIX: Antología de viajeros]]></source>
<year>1985</year>
<publisher-loc><![CDATA[San José ]]></publisher-loc>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Editorial DUniversitaria CentroamericanaA]]></publisher-name>
</nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B12">
<nlm-citation citation-type="book">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Fieldhouse]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[David, K]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<source><![CDATA[Los imperios coloniales desde el siglo XVIII]]></source>
<year>1984</year>
<publisher-loc><![CDATA[Mé xico ]]></publisher-loc>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Siglo XXI Editores]]></publisher-name>
</nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B13">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Helms]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Mary W]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Misquito Slaving and Culture Contact: Ethnicity and Oportunity in an Expanding Population]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Journal of Anthropological Re search]]></source>
<year>1983</year>
<volume>39</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<issue>2</issue>
<page-range>179-97</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B14">
<nlm-citation citation-type="book">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hochschild]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Adam]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<source><![CDATA[Bury the Chains]]></source>
<year>2005</year>
<publisher-loc><![CDATA[London ]]></publisher-loc>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Macmillan]]></publisher-name>
</nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B15">
<nlm-citation citation-type="book">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Meléndez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Carlos]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Duncan]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Quince]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<source><![CDATA[El negro en Costa Rica]]></source>
<year>1977</year>
<publisher-loc><![CDATA[San José ]]></publisher-loc>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Editorial Costa Rica]]></publisher-name>
</nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B16">
<nlm-citation citation-type="book">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Molina]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Iván]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<source><![CDATA[Costarricense por dicha: Identidad nacional y cambio cultural en Costa Rica durante los siglos XIX y XX]]></source>
<year>2005</year>
<publisher-loc><![CDATA[San José Costa Rica ]]></publisher-loc>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Editorial de la Universidad de Costa Rica]]></publisher-name>
</nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B17">
<nlm-citation citation-type="book">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Mudimbe]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Valentin Y]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<source><![CDATA[The Idea of Africa]]></source>
<year>1994</year>
<publisher-loc><![CDATA[Indiana ]]></publisher-loc>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Indiana University Press]]></publisher-name>
</nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B18">
<nlm-citation citation-type="">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Offen]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Karl]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<source><![CDATA[Raza y lugar en la Mosquitia Colonial 1600-1787. Confe rencia Internacional &#8216;Entre la raza y su reconocimiento: Negros y Negritud en el territorio caribeños centroamericano]]></source>
<year>2004</year>
<publisher-loc><![CDATA[Universidad de Tulane, Nueva Orleáns ]]></publisher-loc>
</nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B19">
<nlm-citation citation-type="book">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ortiz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Fernando]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<source><![CDATA[Los negros esclavos]]></source>
<year>1916</year>
<publisher-loc><![CDATA[Habana ]]></publisher-loc>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Editorial de Ciencias Sociales]]></publisher-name>
</nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B20">
<nlm-citation citation-type="book">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Palmer]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Steven]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<source><![CDATA[A Liberal Discipline: Inventing Nations in Guatemala and Costa Rica]]></source>
<year>1990</year>
<publisher-loc><![CDATA[Universidad de Columbia ]]></publisher-loc>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Nueva York]]></publisher-name>
</nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B21">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Palmer]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Steven]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Racismo intelectual en Costa Rica y Guatema la, 1870-1920]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Mesoamérica]]></source>
<year>1996</year>
<volume>17</volume>
<numero>31</numero>
<issue>31</issue>
<page-range>99-121</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B22">
<nlm-citation citation-type="book">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Lara]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Putnam]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<source><![CDATA[The Company they Kept. Migrants and the Politics of Gender in Caribbean Costa Rica, 1870-1960]]></source>
<year>2002</year>
<publisher-loc><![CDATA[Chapel Hill ]]></publisher-loc>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[University of North Carolina Press]]></publisher-name>
</nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B23">
<nlm-citation citation-type="book">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Shumway]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Nicolas]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<source><![CDATA[The invention of Argentina]]></source>
<year>1993</year>
<publisher-loc><![CDATA[Berkeley, California ]]></publisher-loc>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[University of California Press]]></publisher-name>
</nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B24">
<nlm-citation citation-type="">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ulloa Molina]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Edgar]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<source><![CDATA[Desesperanza. La Nación, Suple mento Áncora]]></source>
<year>2008</year>
</nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B25">
<nlm-citation citation-type="book">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Webre]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Stephen]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<source><![CDATA[Poder e ideología: la consolidación del sistema colo nial 1542-1700. En Historia General de Centroamérica]]></source>
<year>1993</year>
<page-range>150-218</page-range><publisher-loc><![CDATA[Madrid ]]></publisher-loc>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales]]></publisher-name>
</nlm-citation>
</ref>
</ref-list>
</back>
</article>
