Recognizing indigenous languages : double binds of state policy and teaching Kichwa in Ecuador

Offers a rare account of the challenges that arise for Indigenous language revitalization and educational autonomy from upper-level state offices
Puts research on multiculturalism and recognition into conversation with linguistic anthropology and multilingualism
Draws from ethnographic research in spaces from which few scholars are granted access, following national policy and politics to teaching and everyday speaking
Develops a theoretical framework around double binds in state-authorized communication and schooling