Names and Nunavut : culture and identity in Arctic Canada

Names and Nunavut : culture and identity in Arctic Canada / 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 tak...

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Main Author: Alia, Valerie, 1942- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
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.
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
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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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