"Spread your ass cheeks": And other things that should not be said in indigenous languages

American Ethnologist

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 34-48

  Muehlmann, Shaylih ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Identity; Indigenous people; Language death; Language ideology; Mexico; Politics of recognition; Swearwords

Indexed keywords

EID: 72649103917     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: 15481425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1425.2008.00004.x     Document Type: Review

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