Bilingual humor, verbal hygiene, and the gendered contradictions of cultural citizenship in early mexican american Comedy

Journal of Linguistic Anthropology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 163-188

  Haney, Peter C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 34247351747     PISSN: 10551360     EISSN: 15481395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/jlin.2003.13.2.163     Document Type: Article

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