Names and Nunavut : culture and identity in Arctic Canada /

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"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Alia, Valerie, 1942- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Berghahn Books, 2007.
Subjects:
Names, Inuit > Nunavut.
Names, Inuit > Political aspects > Nunavut.
Inuit > Nunavut > Social life and customs.
Inuit > Nunavut > Government relations.
Names, Geographical > Nunavut.
Names, Ethnological > Nunavut.
Noms inuits > Nunavut.
Noms inuits > Aspect politique > Nunavut.
Inuits > Nunavut > Mœurs et coutumes.
Inuits > Nunavut > Relations avec l'État.
Noms géographiques > Nunavut.
Noms ethniques > Nunavut.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Inuit > Government relations.
Inuit > Social life and customs.
Manners and customs.
Names, Ethnological.
Names, Geographical.
Names, Inuit.
Nunavut > Social life and customs.
Nunavut > Mœurs et coutumes.
Nunavut.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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