Carlos Agustin Vasquez Mendoza (Tín), 18 San Juan La Laguna “Exito”

Abstract

The previous chapter opened with the words that Smith (2012) identifies as most detrimental and imposing aspects of colonizing language used to oppress indigenous communities: imperialism, history, writing and theory. Smith argues that these terms are “words of emotion which draw attention to the thousands of ways in which indigenous languages, knowledges and cultures have been silenced or misrepresented, ridiculed or condemned in academic and popular discourses” (Kindle Locations, 606–607).