Names and Nunavut
Subtitle: culture and identity in Arctic Canada
By: Valerie Alia
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 172
ISBN-13: 9781845451653
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; Nunavut -- Social life and customs
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-166) and index
Table of contents: title: The importance of names in Inuit culture; title: Visiting, colonial style : from early days of cultural intervention to the Cold War; title: Renamed overnight : the history of Project Surname; title: 'The people who love you' : contemporary perspectives on naming in Nunavut; title: Homelands and diasporas : concluding thoughts on the politics of naming