Names and Nunavut: Culture and Identity in the Inuit Homeland

by ValerieAlia (Author)

• New

  Paperback
  2008

  $42.36

  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.

• New

  Hardcover
  2006

  $147.10

  On the surface, naming is simply a way to classify people and their environments. This study is based on the premise that it is much more - a form of social control, a political activity, and a key to identity maintenance and transformation.