A Contemporary Micropolitics of Indigeneity

Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 171-192

  DeHart, Monica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Guatemala; Identity; Indigenous; Latin America; Micropolitics; Neoliberalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 57349170218     PISSN: 17442222     EISSN: 17442230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17442220802080618     Document Type: Article

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