The truth of personal names

Pina-Cabral, Joao (2010) The truth of personal names. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 16 (2). pp. 297-312. ISSN 1359-0987. (doi:10.1111/j.1467-9655.2010.01626.x) (KAR id:31204)

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Abstract

Portuguese-speakers, when asked about their personal names, often respond with a notion of the

‘truth of’ their names. Basing itself on ethnographic data collected by the author in Macao (southern

China), Bahia (Brazil), and Portugal, the article interprets this notion of truth as a form of ontological

weighing that postulates the unitariness of the person by reference to a subjection to a bureaucratic

order and to a cultural and linguistic universe associated to it.

Item Type:	Article
DOI/Identification number:	10.1111/j.1467-9655.2010.01626.x
Uncontrolled keywords:	Person; Names; Brazil; Macau; China
Subjects:	G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GN Anthropology
Institutional Unit:	Schools > School of Natural Sciences > Conservation
Former Institutional Unit:	Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Anthropology and Conservation
Depositing User:	Joao de Pina Cabral
Date Deposited:	03 Oct 2012 11:59 UTC
Last Modified:	20 May 2025 12:19 UTC
Resource URI:	https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/31204 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Pina-Cabral, Joao.

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