In:IntraLatino Language and Identity: MexiRican Spanish
Kim Potowski
[IMPACT: Studies in Language, Culture and Society 43] 2016
► pp. 199–252
Chapter 7Ethnic identity discourses
Article outline
- 7.1Connections between language and ethnic identity
- 7.2Critical mixed race theory
- 7.3“Por eso mis papás no están juntos”: MexiRican discourses about Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, and how the two groups get along
- 7.4Indexing ethnicity though food, flags, and labels
- 7.4.1“‘Man, tu mamá está loca, she cooks Mexican and Puerto Rican”: Food as cultural practice
- 7.4.2“Pongo las dos banderas, o no lo compro”: Flags
- 7.4.3Indexing ethnic identity through self-labeling
- 7.5Ethnic identity claims and challenges
- 7.5.1“I’m like 50–50, you know”: Dual ethnicity claims
- 7.5.2“You don’t look Mexican, you don’t sound Mexican”: Challenges and attempts at erasure
- 7.5.3Shifting dialect features
- 7.6Conclusions
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