Names and Nunavut : culture and identity in Arctic Canada /
"On the surface, naming is simply a way to classify people and their environments. The premise of this study is that it is much more - a form of social control, a political activity, a key to identity maintenance and transformation. Governments legislate and regulate naming; people fight to tak...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Berghahn Books,
2007.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The importance of names in Inuit culture
- Visiting, colonial style : from early days of cultural intervention to the Cold War
- Renamed overnight : the history of Project Surname
- 'The people who love you' : contemporary perspectives on naming in Nunavut
- Homelands and diasporas : concluding thoughts on the politics of naming.