Personal Names in Asia: History, Culture and Identity

by Yangwen Zheng

The world's population negotiates a multiplicity of naming systems. Some are compatible with the "normative" system of the world of passports and identity cards but a great many are not. This is particularly true in Asia, a region with some of the most sophisticated naming devices found anywhere in the world, including nicknames and teknonyms, religious and corporation names, honor and death names, pseudonyms and retirement names, house names and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9971693801
• ISBN13: 9789971693800
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: NUS Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"