Naming names: Kinship, individuality and personal names

Sociology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 709-725

  Finch, Janet ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Display; Family; Individuality; Kinship; Names

Indexed keywords

EID: 47849123025     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038508091624     Document Type: Review

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