TY - BOOK ID - 138880032 TI - Names and nunavut : culture and identity in the Inuit homeland PY - 2009 SN - 1845454138 0857458493 PB - New York : Berghahn Books, DB - UniCat KW - Names, Inuit KW - Inuit KW - Names, Geographical KW - Names, Ethnological KW - Political aspects KW - Social life and customs. KW - Government relations. KW - Nunavut UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:138880032 AB - 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 ER -