Christianity and the Gendering of Personal Names among the Bette in Southeastern Nigeria
Contributing to extant debates on the juncture of naming and gender(ing), this study interrogates naming practices among Bette-Christians of northern Cross River, Southeastern Nigeria, and how they enhance understanding of the relation between naming and the enunciation of religious identity as well...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2023
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Journal of religion in Africa
Année: 2023, Volume: 53, Numéro: 1, Pages: 53-77 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Nigeria (Südost)
/ Bette-Bende
/ Christianisme
/ Attribution d’un nom
/ Sexe
/ Identité religieuse
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociologie des religions CB Spiritualité chrétienne CH Christianisme et société KBN Afrique subsaharienne |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Personal Names
B Religious Identity B Bette-Christians B Gender B Nigeria B onomasticon |
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| Résumé: | Contributing to extant debates on the juncture of naming and gender(ing), this study interrogates naming practices among Bette-Christians of northern Cross River, Southeastern Nigeria, and how they enhance understanding of the relation between naming and the enunciation of religious identity as well as how gender is enacted. With analytical insights from socio-onomastic theory, which explores the relationship between names, culture, and society, we interrogate naming practices as essential cultural currency for identification, categorization, and connectedness. Data were obtained from 40 participants through semistructured interviews and participant observations. We focus on the intersection of naming and spiritual sentiments to argue that the contemporary reality of naming among Bette-Christians illuminates a practice that negates traditional Bette cosmology and cosmogony. We illustrate how the emergence of Christianity has altered the naming patterns and practices of the people, and how these names embody multidimensional connotations that range from religious identity to stereotyped gender ideologies. |
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| ISSN: | 1570-0666 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion in Africa
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700666-12340246 |