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The complexity of national identity Construction in Curaçao, Dutch Caribbean
Author(s) -
Rose Mary Allen
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
european review of latin american and caribbean studies | revista europea de estudios latinoamericanos y del caribe
Language(s) - Spanish
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.505
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 1879-4750
pISSN - 0924-0608
DOI - 10.18352/erlacs.9461
Subject(s) - latin americans , humanities , political science , art , law
Curacao, one of the five islands of the Dutch Caribbean federation called the Netherlands Antilles, currently stands at a crossroad of constitutional reform. In the context of these changes at the political level, it is logical that national identities are being redefined and repositioned. The developments in the fashioning of national identities in Curacao deserve attention locally but also regionally. How do people in Curacao construct national identities in daily life? How is a national collective constructed on the one hand, and how are differences with other collectivities constructed on the other hand? The historical context of constitutional changes that have occurred over the years is considered as well as an examination of the present discourse on constitutional reform. These identity issues are then placed within a wider Caribbean context. Resumen: La complejidad de la construccion de la identidad nacional en Curacao,en el Caribe holandes Curacao, una de las cinco islas de la federacion caribena neerlandesa llamada Antillas Holandesas, se encuentra hoy en dia en una encrucijada de reformas constitucionales. En el contexto de estos cambios a nivel politico, es logico que las identidades nacionales sean redefinidas y reposicionadas. Los desarrollos en la formulacion de identidades nacionales en Curacao merecen atencion local, y tambien regional. ?Como construye la gente en Curacao identidades nacionales en la vida cotidiana? ?Como, por un lado, se construye el colectivo nacional y, por otro, como se construyen las diferencias con otras colectividades? En este analisis se estudia el contexto historico de los cambios constitucionales que han ocurrido en el curso del tiempo y se realiza igualmente una revision del actual discurso sobre la reforma constitucional. Estos problemas de identidad son analizados entonces en un contexto caribeno mas amplio.

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