Old jokes and new multiculturalisms: Continuity and change in vernacular discourse on the Yucatec Maya language

American Anthropologist

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 360-372

  Armstrong Fumero, Fernando ^a  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Language ideology; Maya; Mexico; Multiculturalism; Yucatan

Indexed keywords

EID: 72749086832     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: 15481433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1433.2009.01138.x     Document Type: Article

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