Considers the role of beauty in Costa Rican sex work. While Costa Rica's national mythology has long focused on claims to white origins, sex tourists identify local women's ‘exoticism’ and non-whiteness as particularly appealing. Explores how women experience and manage their sexual attractiveness to foreign tourists in their daily lives and work.
Interviews Afro-Costa Rican writer Quince Duncan. Discusses the lack of critics who are familiar with Black literature in Costa Rica; asks Duncan to compare North American and Latin American criticism of his work, asks Duncan about his latest projects and the direction of his work; and compares Duncan's work with that of Alejo Carpentier and Manuel Zapata Olivella. Also touches upon language usage, the theme of literature of combat, and Duncan's future plans.;
Los Angeles, CA: Center for Afro-American Studies, University of California
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
Foreword by R.S. Bryce-Laporte., 197 p, Presents an anthropological analysis of the West Indians' adjustment in Costa Rica over a hundred-year period. The book also looks at the development of the inequality that occurred as Blacks, who initially saw themselves as superior to local Hispanics, later found themselves at the mercy of a Hispanic cultural hegemony. An important contribution to the anthropology of West Indians in the Caribbean's Hispanic borderlands, the book is rich in its observations on race, class, & mobility among West Indian immigrants & lays the foundation for comparison with other such immigrant communities in other areas of the Americas.
Conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs have spread throughout Latin America and beyond based on the claim that they are an effective social policy tool to combat poverty. Gender relations are shaped by these policies. Recognizes the potential for CCTs to transform gender relations should mechanisms allowing childcare facilities and encouraging male participation in domestic labor become an integral part of these programs.
Costa Rica: Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 133 Document Number: C20252
Notes:
Burton Swanson Collection, In section K of the "2000 conference proceedings: Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education", 16th Annual Conference, March 29th-April 1st, 2000, Arlington, Virginia, USA
"A single highway connects the Caribbean province of Limón to mainstream society in the highlands of Costa Rica. This paper explores the ways in which that highway affects the status hierarchy of mainstream society in Costa Rica, and how the construction of whiteness as an unexamined racial qualifier for total social incorporation constrains the perception of blacks as social liminars and blackness as a state of communitas. The argument elaborates the work of Victor Turner on ritual liminality to suggest the structural ambiguity of Afro-Latin Americans in the context of Costa Rica." (author"
Feek, Warren (author), Morry, Chris (author), and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy.
Format:
Book
Publication Date:
2003
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 189 Document Number: D02032
Notes:
Printed part of this document extends only through the introduction., Prepared by The Communication Initiative in collaboration with the Communication for Development Group. Extension, Education and Communication Service - Research, Extension and Training Division - Sustainable Development Department. 23 pages.
Duffy, Sheila Bliss (author / Texas A & M University)
Format:
Proceedings
Publication Date:
1999-03-23
Published:
Costa Rica: Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 138 Document Number: C20989
Notes:
Burton Swanson Collection, 8 pages, Session J, from "1999 conference proceedings -- Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education", 15th Annual Conference, 21-24 March 1999, Port of Spain, Trinidad, 25-26, Tobago
"Recent examination of the content of Third World tourism marketing still lacks discussion concerning context. In this paper, an analysis of brochures representing different Third World countries reveals distinct patterns of marketing images occurring across these destinations. Postcolonial theory is used as a critical, contextual perspective to interpret these patterns. Three Third World tourism ‘Un’ myths are discussed: the myth of the unchanged, the myth of the unrestrained, and the myth of the uncivilized. It is shown that the representations surrounding these myths replicate colonial forms of discourse, emphasizing certain binaries between the First and Third Worlds and maintaining broader geopolitical power structures." (authors)
Wunscher, Tobias (author), Engel, Stefanie (author), and Wunder, Sven (author)
Format:
Abstract
Publication Date:
2010-09-14
Published:
Costa Rica
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 178 Document Number: C30725
Notes:
Paper presented at Tropentag 2010, Conference on International Research on Food Security, Natural Resource Management and Rural Development, Zurich, Switzerland, September 14-16, 2010. 1 page.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 116 Document Number: C11884
Journal Title Details:
28 pages
Notes:
UNCTAD Expert Meeting on Systems and National Experiences for Protecting Traditional Knowledge, Innovations and Practices. Geneva, 30 October - 1 November 2000
Irani, Tracy (author), Roberts, T. Grady (author), Unrah-Snyder, Lori (author), Lamm, Alexa J. (author), Brendemuhl, Joel (author), Rodriquez, Mary T. (author), and Navarro, Julia (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2011
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C37251
Focuses on American and European tourist women in a transnational town in Atlantic Costa Rica renown for its intimate "vibe" and independent eco-oriented tourist development, where they grappled with the unexpected monetary aspects of intimate relations with Caribbean-Costa Rican men.
Ascroft, Joseph R. (author), Keith, R.F. (author), and Yadav, D.P. (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
1968
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 11 Document Number: B01482
Notes:
AgComm Teaching, see also ID B01478, In mass communication and the development of nations (ppIv-1-Iv-18). East Lansing, Michigan: International Communication Institute, Michigan State University
Snyder, Monteze (author / Florida State University), Mavima, Paul (author / Florida State University), Satran, Jill (author / Florida State University), Tao, Jill (author / Florida State University), and Wilson, James J. III (author / Florida State University)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
1997
Published:
International: SICA Occasional Paper Series, Section on International and Comparative Administration, American Society for Public Administration.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: Byrnes2 Document Number: C12187
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 94 Document Number: C07128
Notes:
James F. Evans Collection, In: Report of research completed during the past year. Department of Agricultural Journalism, University of Wisconsin, Madison. Prepared for NCR-90 meeting, Oct. 26-28, 1988. Mimeograph, 1988. p. 6-7
Etling, Arlen (author / Pennsylvania State Univeristy)
Format:
Proceedings
Publication Date:
1991-03-28
Published:
Costa Rica: Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 132 Document Number: C19942
Notes:
Burton Swanson Collection, from "Proceedings seventh annual meeting of the assocation for international agricultural and extension education"Riverfront Holiday Inn, St. Louis, Missouri, March 28-30, 1991
Place, Nick T. (author) and Dragon, Steffany L. (author)
Format:
Proceedings
Publication Date:
2005-05-25
Published:
Costa Rica
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 152 Document Number: C24579
Journal Title Details:
21
Notes:
Reviewed 9 August 2006, 11 p. Paper presented at the International Agricultural and Extension Education group's 21st annual conference May 25-31, 2005, in San Antonio, TX
Beer, J. (author / Investigator, Tropical Agricultural Centre for Research and Training, Turrialba, Costa Rica) and Investigator, Tropical Agricultural Centre for Research and Training, Turrialba, Costa Rica
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1984
Published:
UK
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 54 Document Number: C01046
Notes:
Phase 2; Evans, In: Moeller, G.H. and Seal, D.T., eds., Technology transfer in forestry : proceedings of a meeting of the International Union of Forestry Research Organizations, subject group s608; 1983 25 July - 1 August. London : Great Britain Forestry Commission, 1984. (Forestry Commission Bulletin No. 61) p. 43-46.
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
2 pp., Costa Rica is one of the most earthquake-prone countries in the World due to the tectonic interaction of the Cocos and Caribbean plates. Earthquakes, and other natural hazards, place major stress on the country's population, infrastructure and economy, and often result in the disruption of basic services. In response to this, the Government of Costa Rica is continuously working to build the capacity of technicians to design effective disaster risk management policies and investments to reduce seismic risk.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C14429
Notes:
Published for the World Bank, Washington, D.C., Chapter 7 in Michael M. Cernea (ed.), Putting people first: sociological variables in rural development. Oxford University Press, New York/London. 430 pages.
Ideologies of masculinity and femininity in host and guest populations, social divisions of labor and power, sex as a tourist attraction, and other issues; international perspective
Centro Nacional de Informacion Agropecuaria (Costa Rica). (author)
Format:
Report
Language:
Spanish
Publication Date:
1984
Published:
Costa Rica
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 92 Document Number: C06839
Notes:
AGRICOLA CAT 91970090; This report is the result of an analysis of the document "Red Sectorial de Informacion Agropecuaria" presented by the Centro Nacional de Informacion Agropecuaria at a meeting/workshop held in 1984 at the Instituto Interamericano de Cooperacion para la Agricultura., San Jose [Costa Rica] : SEPSA, [1984] 1 v. (various foliations) : ill.
Palmer,Steven Paul (Editor) and Molina Jiménez,Iván (Editor)
Format:
Book, Edited
Publication Date:
2009
Published:
Durham, NC: Duke University Press
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
383 p., Includes more than fifty texts related to the country's history, culture, politics, and natural environment. Most of these newspaper accounts, histories, petitions, memoirs, poems, and essays are written by Costa Ricans. Includes Jose Cubero's "A slave's story"; Cabildo of Cartago's "Free blacks, mulattoes, and mestizos seek legitimacy"; and Clodomiro Picado's "Our blood is blackening."
Miller, Melanie (author) and Mariola, Matthew J. (author)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2008-03-09
Published:
Costa Rica
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 167 Document Number: C27983
Notes:
Presented at the 24th annual conference of the Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education at EARTH University, Costa Rica, March 9-15, 2008. 12 pages.
Rogers, Everett M. (author), Roy, Prodipto (author), Waisanen, Frederick B. (author), and Council for Social Development, New Delhi; Department of Communication and the International Communication Institute, Michigan State University; Department of Communication, Michigan State University
Format:
Book
Publication Date:
1969
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 31 Document Number: B03078
Notes:
Mason E. Miller Collection, Hyderbad, Incia : National Institute of Community Development, 1969. 160 p.
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
302 p, "History of UFCO's Atlantic coast operations in Costa Rica from perspective of largely West Indian labor force. Examines formation of enclave economy, including role of West Indian labor, subsistence production, and health problems as occasion of worker-company misunderstandings. Also studies workers' cultural and political lives apart from, and sometimes in conflict with, company, and how West Indians and UFCO figured in Costa Rican nationalist thought and politics"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
