Exploring the Logic of Name Changes and Identity Construction: A Reflective Self-Narration of Assimilation Expectations

This paper derives largely from my own experience during two international sojourns as a case study to tease out the salient elements of the dynamic processes involved in the exchange of my Chinese name Xing for an arbitrary English counterpart Helen, and then followed by reverting to Xing again. C...

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Main Author: Xing Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University Library System, University of Pittsburgh 2020-01-01
Series:Names
Online Access:http://ans-names.pitt.edu/ans/article/view/2207