Names: A Study Of Personal Names, Identity And Power In Pakistan By Tariq Rahman

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March 2017
Names: A Study Of Personal Names, Identity And Power In Pakistan By Tariq Rahman

Rahman begins by observing how people in Pakistan believe that the personality of a person is reflected by the name they have. Also the construction of identities starts with names as they are a part of the belief systems in which they occur. Since relationships are a part of the system in which we live, names play an important role as constructors and signifiers of one's identity within a relationship. The role of identity has been tied up with one's name and Rahman shows the relationship between the two throughout the book. He begins by showing the three language systems in Pakistan in which naming is influenced...

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