Language and social identity / edited by Richard K. Blot ; foreword by Charles L. Briggs.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Blot, Richard K.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociolinguistics.

Group identity.

Physical Description:

xx, 295 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2003.

Contents:

2. Language and Indians' Place in Chiapas, Mexico: A Testimony from the Tzotzil Maya / Gary H. Gossen 11

3. The Deficits of History: Terms of Violence in an Arapaco Myth Complex from the Brazilian Northwest Amazon / Janet M. Chernela, Eric J. Leed 39

4. Giving Voice to the Hill Spirit: Mayan Visionary Testimony in Southern Belize / Jerry Kelly 57

5. "We Don't Speak Catalan Because We Are Marginalized": Ethnic and Class Meanings of Language in Barcelona / Kathryn A. Woolard 85

6. The Politics of Representation: Class and Identity in Cochabamba, Bolivia / Maria L. Lagos 105

7. The Narrative Construction of E'napa Ethnicity / Maria Eugenia Villalon 125

8. Ebonics, Language, and Power / Michael H. Long 147

9. Containing Language Difference: Advertising in Hispanic Magazine / Bonnie Urciuoli 171

10. The Other Tongue, the Other Voice: Language and Gender in the French Caribbean / Ellen M. Schnepel 199

11. Reclaiming Traditions, Remaking Community: Politics, Language, and Place among the Tolowa of Northwest California / James Collins 225

12. "Word-Sound-Power": Language, Social Identity, and the Worldview of Rastafari / John W. Pulis 243

13. Passionate Speech and Literate Talk in Grenada / George Mentore 261.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0897897838

OCLC:

51755937