Indigenous Languages, Politics, and Authority in Latin America

Historical and Ethnographic Perspectives

Bruce Mannheim & Alan Durston

Indigenous Languages, Politics, and Authority in Latin America

This volume makes a vital and original contribution to a topic that lies at the intersection of the fields of history, anthropology, and linguistics. The book is the first to consider indigenous languages as vehicles of political orders in Latin America from the sixteenth century to the present, across regional and national contexts, including Peru, Mexico, Guatemala, and Paraguay--Provided by publisher

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Beschrijving Indigenous Languages, Politics, and Authority in Latin America

The book is the first to consider indigenous languages as vehicles of political orders in Latin America from the sixteenth century to the present, across regional and national contexts.

ISBN: 9780268103699
Pagina's: 276
Verschenen: 01-01-2018
NUR: 610

Druk: 1
Uitvoering: Hardback
Taal: Engels
Uitgever: University of Notre Dame Press

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