What makes a place ethnic? The formal and symbolic spatial manifestations of Teenek identity (Mexico)

Anthropological Quarterly

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 161-205

  De Vidas, Anath Ariel ^a  

^a Centro de Estudios Mexicanos y Centroamericanos (CEMCA)

Author keywords

Boundary processes; Ethnicity; Mexico; Space; Symbolic construction; Teenek Indians

Indexed keywords

EID: 41249097478     PISSN: 00035491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/anq.2008.0008     Document Type: Article

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