The anthropology of names and naming
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Author
Contributions
- Vom Bruck, Gabriele. - Contributor
- Bodenhorn, Barbara, 1946- - Contributor
Publication
2006 - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England
Language
English
Word Count
72,500 words, Guess
Page Count
290 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL3404218M
- ISBN-139780521848633
- ISBN-100521848636
- OCLC Control Number60931378
- Library of Congress Control Number2005019527
and 2 more
- LibraryThing4491473
- Goodreads307557
Classifications
- DDC929.4
- LCCGN27 .A68 2006
Description
"This book is about personal names, something of abiding interest to specialists and lay readers alike. More than one million people have checked the American Name Society website since 1996, for instance. Many philosophers and linguists suggest that names are "just" labels, but parents internationally are determined to get their children's names "right." Personal names may be given, lost, traded, stolen, and inherited. This collection of essays provides comparative ethnography through which we examine the politics of naming; the extent to which names may be property-like; and the power of names themselves, both to fix and to destabilize personal identity. Our purpose is not only to renew anthropological attention to names and naming, but also to show how this intersects with current interests in political processes, the relation between bodies and personal identities, ritual and daily social life."--Jacket.
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