Autor(es):
Cabral, João de Pina, 1954- 
Data: 2010
Identificador Persistente: http://hdl.handle.net/10451/11165
Origem: Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa
Detalhes do Documento
The truth of personal names
Descrição
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.
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.
Tipo de Documento
Artigo
Idioma Inglês
Idioma Inglês
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