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The Name Game - Cultural Modernization and First Names (Hardcover)
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The Name Game - Cultural Modernization and First Names (Hardcover)
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From decade to decade, significant changes occur in the choice of
first names for children. One-time favorites are perceived as old
fashioned and replaced by new choices. In "The Name Game," Jrgen
Gerhards shows that shifts in the choice of names are based on more
than arbitrary trends of fashion. Instead, he demonstrates, they
are determined by larger currents in cultural modernization.
Using classic tools of sociology, Gerhards focuses on changing
atterns of first names in Germany from the end of the nineteenth
century to the end of the twentieth, using these as an indicator of
cultural change. Among the influences he considers are religion,
and he notes a trend toward greater secularization in first names.
He considers the extent to which Christian names have been
displaced, and whether the process is similar for Catholics and
Protestants. He traces the impact of different political regimes
(Second Empire, Weimar Republic, Third Reich, West Germany, East
Germany) and the accompanying rise and fall of German nationalist
sentiment. He also investigates the dissolution of the family as a
unit of production, and its impact on the naming of children. He
shows that the weakening of traditional ties of religion, nation,
and family has led to greater individuation and greater receptivity
toward foreign first names. Gerhards concludes with a discussion of
whether the blurring of gender and sex roles is reflected in the
decrease of gender-specific names.
Written in a lucid, approachable style, "The Name Game" will be of
interest not only to sociologists and cultural studies specialists,
but also non-professionals, especially parents who are interested
in reflecting on the process of name giving.
Jrgen Gerhards is professor of sociology at the Free University of
Berlin. He was a fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study in
Berlin and at the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study in the
Social Sciences. He is co-author with Myra Marx Ferree, William A.
Gamson, and Dieter Rucht of "Shaping Abortion Discourse: Democracy
and the Public Sphere in Germany and the United States."
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