
The Language of Names
What We Call Ourselves and Why It Matters
Touchstone (Publisher)
Published on 1. March 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
260 pages
978-0-684-83867-0 (ISBN)
Description
As delightful and playful as it is profound and serious, The Language of Names is an absolute original -- a fascinating book that reveals us to ourselves, that demonstrates the endless variety of ways in which names shape our daily lives. Drawing on social and literary history, psychology and anthropology, anecdotes, and life stories, biographer Justin Kaplan and novelist Anne Bernays have written a fascinating account of names and naming in contemporary society that touches on class structure, ethnic and religious practices, manners, and everyday life.
Graceful, eloquent, and richly informed, The Language of Names explores and illuminates our favorite subject -- ourselves.
Graceful, eloquent, and richly informed, The Language of Names explores and illuminates our favorite subject -- ourselves.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York, NY
United States
Publishing group
Simon & Schuster
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
black & white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
371 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-684-83867-0 (9780684838670)
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Content
Contents
Preface
1. Masters of the Good Name
2. American Adam
3. Names in the Melting Pot
4. Black Naming: "An Old and Controversial Issue"
5. City of Names
6. "A Strange Kind of Magick Bias"
7. A Boy Named Sue and Others
8. Maiden Names
9. Rules of Engagement: The Etiquette of Names
10. Literary Names: The Importance of Being Sherlock
11. New Names, New Identities
12. The Language of Names
Notes
Books and Articles Consulted
Acknowledgments
Index