My Name Is

£20.99

My Name Is

Is Your Name a Gift or a Burden?

Cross-cultural / Intercultural studies and topics Racism and racial discrimination / Anti-racism Social Integration and assimilation Migration, immigration and emigration Social and cultural anthropology

Author: Javeria K. Shah

Dinosaur mascot

Collection: Cultural Anthropology

Language: English

Published by: Lived Places Publishing

Published on: 12th December 2024

Format: LCP-protected ePub

ISBN: 9781915734242


How do you feel about your name?

Names and how we feel about them are linked to our sense of self-identity. For people with non-Western names in Western English-speaking contexts, this relationship can be complicated. My Name Is explores verbatim narratives from research participants who have non-Western names, examining how individuals view their relationships with their names, how names impact self-identity, and how names can correlate to the pressure to conform with westernized English norms.

An extension of the My Name Is® research project and award-winning documentary, this book shares valuable lived experience as well as looking at the importance of getting names right.

Show moreShow less