Why X doesn't always mark the spot: Contested authenticity in Mexican indigenous language politics

Semiotica

Volumn 2015, Issue 203, 2015, Pages 179-201

  Faudree, Paja ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Authenticities; authorship; indigeneity; language revitalization; literacy; Mexico; orthography

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922559820     PISSN: 00371998     EISSN: 16133692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/sem-2014-0078     Document Type: Article

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