Asserting Nationhood through Personal Name Choice: The Case of the Meithei of Northeast India  

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Chelliah, Shobhana L.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Anthropological Linguistics (ada di JSTOR) vol. 47 no. 2 (Mar. 2005), page 169-216.
Fulltext: Vol. 47, No. 2, pp. 169-216.pdf (4.43MB)

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Three styles of personal names are attested for the Meithei (Tibeto Burman, Manipur State in northeast India): a native-Meithei style, a Hindu style introduced with the eighteenth-century adoption of Hinduism by the Meithei, and a "resistance" style typified by previously unattested structures and clan names. This article shows that those who espouse a clean break with Indian political and religious hegemony use resistance-style names, whereas those who favor strengthened ties between Manipur and India, while still cherishing pre-Hindu identity, move fluidly between use of Hindu and resistance-style names.

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