Decolonizing Our Names in the 21st Century: Place, Identity, and Agency

I’m excited to share the release of the co-edited volume by Grace Akpene Gomashie and Lauren Beck, Decolonizing Our Names in the 21st Century: Place, Identity, and Agency, published by Routledge.

This interdisciplinary work explores naming practices through the lens of decolonization, identity, and place. It may be of interest to scholars in Indigenous studies, history, linguistics, and cultural studies.

The book examines the relationship between place, identity, and agency in the context of reclaiming and reasserting precolonial names, employing mechanisms to shield these names from further colonization, and reimagining or recontextualizing them.

Learn more here: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.4324/9781003414773/decolonizing-names-21st-century-lauren-beck-grace-gomashie