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@article{ART002509374},
author={Yonggab Jeon},
title={Comparison of the discourses on the national identities of Guatemala and Costa Rica in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries : focusing on the concept of race in Guatemalan Sociology: the social problem of the Indian, by M. A. Asturias and the main discourses of Costa Rican identity},
journal={Cross-Cultural Studies},
issn={1598-0685},
year={2019},
volume={56},
pages={343-390},
doi={10.21049/ccs.2019.56..343}

TY - JOUR
AU - Yonggab Jeon
TI - Comparison of the discourses on the national identities of Guatemala and Costa Rica in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries : focusing on the concept of race in Guatemalan Sociology: the social problem of the Indian, by M. A. Asturias and the main discourses of Costa Rican identity
JO - Cross-Cultural Studies
PY - 2019
VL - 56
IS - null
PB - Center for Cross Culture Studies
SP - 343
EP - 390
SN - 1598-0685
AB - The main purpose of this study is to compare the forms and meanings of the 'race concept' reflected in speeches on the national identities of Guatemala and Costa Rica during the time of the Liberal Reform (which spanned from the end of the nineteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth century). Guatemala, the cradle of the Mayan civilization, was known to be the country with the highest percentage of indigenous population (more than 60% of the total population) in all of Central America, while Costa Rica was already known at that time as a 'white race' country. Although there was a visible difference in the ethnic compositions of the two countries, they both showed a similar form of national identity based on the so-called 'bleaching of the nation’. Nevertheless, behind the similar external form of national identity that the intellectuals of both countries aimed to build, there were some significant differences stemming from the peculiarities of the historical-social development and the distinct characteristics of the racial composition of each population. This study attempts to compare and contrast the national identities of Guatemala and Costa Rica by analyzing the representative speeches of the time: in the case of Guatemala, with a focus on a thesis by Miguel Ángel Asturias and other discursive fragments of the 1920 Generation, while in the case of Costa Rica, with a focus on chronicles written by foreigners who visited the country from the mid-nineteenth century as well as the opinions of some intellectuals and politicians belonging to the Olympus Generation. Likewise, this study is supported by the results of academic studies that have already been carried out by researchers in international academic circles, particularly the works of Casaús Arzú, Steven Palmer, Iván Molina, and Carlos Sojo, among others, since the subject at hand – Central American national identity – is yet to receive widespread attention in Latin American studies in Korea. This work is thus expected to hold bibliographical value and serve as a reference for future studies by Korean academics.
KW - Guatemala;Costa Rica;National Identity;Scientific Racism;Miguel Ángel Asturias;1920 Generation;Olympus Generation
DO - 10.21049/ccs.2019.56..343
ER -

Yonggab Jeon. (2019). Comparison of the discourses on the national identities of Guatemala and Costa Rica in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries : focusing on the concept of race in Guatemalan Sociology: the social problem of the Indian, by M. A. Asturias and the main discourses of Costa Rican identity. Cross-Cultural Studies, 56, 343-390.

Yonggab Jeon. 2019, "Comparison of the discourses on the national identities of Guatemala and Costa Rica in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries : focusing on the concept of race in Guatemalan Sociology: the social problem of the Indian, by M. A. Asturias and the main discourses of Costa Rican identity", Cross-Cultural Studies, vol.56, pp.343-390. Available from: doi:10.21049/ccs.2019.56..343

Yonggab Jeon "Comparison of the discourses on the national identities of Guatemala and Costa Rica in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries : focusing on the concept of race in Guatemalan Sociology: the social problem of the Indian, by M. A. Asturias and the main discourses of Costa Rican identity" Cross-Cultural Studies 56 pp.343-390 (2019) : 343.

Yonggab Jeon. Comparison of the discourses on the national identities of Guatemala and Costa Rica in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries : focusing on the concept of race in Guatemalan Sociology: the social problem of the Indian, by M. A. Asturias and the main discourses of Costa Rican identity. 2019; 56 343-390. Available from: doi:10.21049/ccs.2019.56..343

Yonggab Jeon. "Comparison of the discourses on the national identities of Guatemala and Costa Rica in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries : focusing on the concept of race in Guatemalan Sociology: the social problem of the Indian, by M. A. Asturias and the main discourses of Costa Rican identity" Cross-Cultural Studies 56(2019) : 343-390.doi: 10.21049/ccs.2019.56..343

Yonggab Jeon. Comparison of the discourses on the national identities of Guatemala and Costa Rica in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries : focusing on the concept of race in Guatemalan Sociology: the social problem of the Indian, by M. A. Asturias and the main discourses of Costa Rican identity. Cross-Cultural Studies, 56, 343-390. doi: 10.21049/ccs.2019.56..343

Yonggab Jeon. Comparison of the discourses on the national identities of Guatemala and Costa Rica in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries : focusing on the concept of race in Guatemalan Sociology: the social problem of the Indian, by M. A. Asturias and the main discourses of Costa Rican identity. Cross-Cultural Studies. 2019; 56 343-390. doi: 10.21049/ccs.2019.56..343

Yonggab Jeon. Comparison of the discourses on the national identities of Guatemala and Costa Rica in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries : focusing on the concept of race in Guatemalan Sociology: the social problem of the Indian, by M. A. Asturias and the main discourses of Costa Rican identity. 2019; 56 343-390. Available from: doi:10.21049/ccs.2019.56..343

Yonggab Jeon. "Comparison of the discourses on the national identities of Guatemala and Costa Rica in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries : focusing on the concept of race in Guatemalan Sociology: the social problem of the Indian, by M. A. Asturias and the main discourses of Costa Rican identity" Cross-Cultural Studies 56(2019) : 343-390.doi: 10.21049/ccs.2019.56..343