Names and Nunavut : : Culture and Identity in the Inuit Homeland / / Valerie Alia.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Alia, Valerie,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2006]; ©2006
• Godina izdanja: 2006
• Jezik: English
• Opis: 1 online resource (208 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; List of Figures --; Preface --; Acknowledgements --; Notes on Spelling, Translation and Transliteration --; List of Abbreviations --; Introduction. Towards a Theory of Political Onomastics --; Chapter 1 The Importance of Names in Inuit Culture --; Chapter 2 Visiting, Colonial Style: From Early Days of Cultural Intervention to the Cold War --; Chapter 3 Renamed Overnight: the History of Project Surname --; Chapter 4 ‘The people who love you’: Contemporary Perspectives on Naming in Nunavut --; Chapter 5 Homelands and Diasporas: Concluding Thoughts on the Politics of Naming --; Chronology of Key Events and Developments in Nunavut and the Circumpolar North --; Glossary --; Bibliography --; Index
• Sažetak: 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 take, keep, or change their names. A name change can indicate subjugation or liberation, depending on the circumstances. But it always signifies a change in power relations. Since the late 1970s, the author has looked at naming and renaming, cross-culturally and internationally, with particular attention to the effects of colonisation and liberation. The experience of Inuit in Canada is an example of both. Colonisation is only part of the Nunavut experience. Contrary to the dire predictions of cultural genocide theorists, Inuit culture — particularly traditional naming — has remained extremely strong, and is in the midst of a renaissance. Here is a ground-breaking study by the founder of the discipline of political onomastics.
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780857458490; 9783110998283
• Digitalni identifikator objekta: 10.1515/9780857458490
• Pristup: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Valerie Alia.

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 take, kee...