The anthropology of names and naming /

Table of Contents: “…: name bestowal and the identity of spirits in Mayotte and northwest Madagascar / Michael Lambek -- Calling into being : naming and speaking names on Alaska's north slope / Barbara Bodenhorn -- On being named and not named : authority, persons, and their names in Mongolia / Caroline Humphrey -- Injurious names : naming, disavowal, and recuperation in contexts of slavery and emancipation / Susan Benson -- Where names fall short : names as performances in contemporary urban South Africa / Thomas Blom Hansen -- Names as bodily signs / Gabriele vom Bruck.…”