Language and Political Subjectivity

Miki Makihara is Professor of Anthropology at Queens College and the Graduate Center at the City University of New York. She is the co-editor of Consequences of Contact (Oxford University Press, 2007).

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1. StancemakingChapter 2. Rapa Nui Voice, Stance, and SubjectivitiesChapter 3. Lived Beliefs and Corporeal ConsciousnessChapter 4. Settling National Truths in Democratic ChileChapter 5. Venezuelans in ChileChapter 6. Indigenous Peoples of Venezuela and Their Semiotic OrdealsConclusionReferencesIndex

“This is an exciting and important book. The analyses draw on a unique and interesting set of texts that powerfully demonstrate the usefulness of stancemaking for understanding political discourse.” • Rusty Barrett, University of Kentucky