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

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language and Indians' place in Chiapas, Mexico : a testimony from the Tzotzil Maya / Gary H. Gossen -- The deficits of history : terms of violence in an Arapaco̧ myth complex from the Brazilian Northwest Amazon / Janet M. Chernela and Eric J. Leed -- Giving voice to the hill spirit : Mayan visionary testimony in southern Belize / Jerry Kelly -- "We don't speak Catalan because we are marginalized" : ethnic and class meanings of language in Barcelona / Kathryn A. Woolard -- The politics of representation : class and identity in Cochabamba, Bolivia / Mariá L. Lagos -- The narrative construction of E'nãpa ethnicity / Mariá Eugenia Villaloń -- Ebonics, language, and power / Michael H. Long -- Containing language difference : advertising in Hispanic magazine / Bonnie Urciuoli -- The other tongue, the other voice : language and gender in the French Caribbean / Ellen M. Schnepel -- Reclaiming traditions, remaking community : politics, language, and place among the Tolowa of Northwest California / James Collins -- "Word-sound-power" : language, social identity, and the worldview of Rastafari / John W. Pulis -- Passionate speech and literate talk in Grenada / George Mentore.