The power of names : uncovering the mystery of what we are called / Mavis Himes.

By:

Himes, Mavis

Publication details: London: Rowman and Littlefield, 2016Description: xii, 225 pagesISBN:

9781442259782 (cloth : alk. paper)

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DDC classification:

929.40019 HIM-P

Summary: In The Power of Names, Mavis Himes explores both the profound ambivalence that many of us feel toward our names and the conscious and unconscious impact our names have on our lives, sometimes for good and sometimes for ill. She explores such questions as: What do our names mean? How do they influence our destiny? What does it mean to lose or change our name - and what does this reveal or conceal about who we are?

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In The Power of Names, Mavis Himes explores both the profound ambivalence that many of us feel toward our names and the conscious and unconscious impact our names have on our lives, sometimes for good and sometimes for ill. She explores such questions as: What do our names mean? How do they influence our destiny? What does it mean to lose or change our name - and what does this reveal or conceal about who we are?

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