Taking Thy Husband's Name: What Might it Mean?
Abstract Names are sources of identity and esteem and changing them may be stressful. In many societies, marriage is an occasion when a woman must choose to retain her birth-given last name or change it. We critically review nine empirical studies concerning women's marital names and outline di...
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1993-06-01
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| author | Deborah A. Duggan Albert A. Cata Kenneth L. Dian |
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Names are sources of identity and esteem and changing them may be stressful. In many societies, marriage is an occasion when a woman must choose to retain her birth-given last name or change it. We critically review nine empirical studies concerning women's marital names and outline directions for future research.
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| spelling | doaj.art-87752a1f129c4007b3f1bda4f13ce33d2022-12-22T01:31:03ZengUniversity Library System, University of PittsburghNames0027-77381756-22791993-06-0141210.1179/nam.1993.41.2.87Taking Thy Husband's Name: What Might it Mean?Deborah A. DugganAlbert A. CataKenneth L. DianAbstract Names are sources of identity and esteem and changing them may be stressful. In many societies, marriage is an occasion when a woman must choose to retain her birth-given last name or change it. We critically review nine empirical studies concerning women's marital names and outline directions for future research. http://ans-names.pitt.edu/ans/article/view/1357 |
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