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Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Why Can't a Quechua Speaker Wear Pants? -- Interlude: My Arrival Story -- 1. Western Highlands versus Eastern Lowlands: Cambas and Collas -- Interlude: Living in Saipina -- 2. Meaning in Context -- Interlude: On Being a Near-NativeSpeaker -- 3. Quecha and Spanish Languages and Speakers -- Interlude: The New Neighborhoods -- 4. Legitimate Saipineños and Strangers: Race, Language, and Migration -- Interlude: Civil Disobedience and Belonging -- 5. The Greens and the Blues: National Politics, Local Scale -- Interlude: "¡Que viva el Falange carajo!" -- 6. The Past and the Future: Tradition and Modernity in Saipina -- Interlude: At Home in the Saipina Valley -- 7. Cholita or Señorita? Gender Expression and Styles of Dress -- Interlude: It's as If One Were Blind: Education and Literacy -- 8. The Rough Heels: Urban Migrants, Rural Roots -- Interlude: From Saipina to Santa Cruz -- Conclusion: Semiotic Fields -- Postscript: Leaving -- References -- Index

The topic of awareness and control is an elephant in the room in sociolinguistic research. To what extent are speakers aware of sociolinguistic variables? Are there different types or levels of awareness? Is 'control' of these variables a conscious or unconscious process, or is it some combination of the two? Are the variables we are aware of necessarily those we control, and vice versa? The extent to which speakers are aware of sociolinguistic information and use it strategically may drastically affect our understanding of the role that sociolinguistic cues play in the development of structural categories. This volume constitutes the first concerted effort to understand the nature of awareness and control using all the methodological and theoretical tools at our disposal. The contributors employ a variety of perspectives to address the relationship between awareness and control in sociolinguistic research.