This illuminating book critically examines multicultural language politics and policymaking in the Andean-Amazonian countries of Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia, demonstrating how issues of language and power throw light on the relationship between Indigenous peoples and the state.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface 1. Introduction 2. Language: vehicle of power and object of policy 3. Linguistic racism in Latin America: reality and rights 4. Post-millennial politics of multilingualism in Hispanicised Latin America 5. Indigenous language activism, second-language learning and the growth of agency 6. Translation, interpreting and Indigenous language rights7. Conclusions
