Questions of indigeneity and the (Re)-Emergent Ch'orti' Maya of Honduras

Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 289-316

  Metz, Brent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ch'orti' Maya; Honduras; Indigeneity; Mestizo; Social movement

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953182748     PISSN: 19354932     EISSN: 19354940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1935-4940.2010.01087.x     Document Type: Article

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