Peering into Dark Corners: Costa Rican Multicultural Communities as represented by Anacristina Rossi.

Abstract

This article discusses the cultural diversity of the Costa Rican Caribbean coast and examines the invisibility of the country’s minority populations. The many different aspects of the minority communities are thoroughly portrayed in Anacristina Rossi’s latest novels Limón Blues (2002) and Limón Reggae (2007), which “exalt the multicultural and multiethnic nature of the Costa Rican people” and examine cultural heritage and history.86 The discussion focuses on these two novels and explores the complex issues of identity formation and how literature can be used as a medium of expression in the fight against invisibility and exclusion. Keywords: Literature, Costa Rica, Anacristina Rossi, Minorities, Identity 86 Sama rit. Að skyggnast í skúmaskotin