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The Production of Legal Identities Proper to States: The Case of the Permanent Family Surname

Scott, James C., Tehranian, John, Mathias, Jeremy·2002·Comparative Studies in Society and History
DOI 10.1017/s0010417502000026
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State naming practices and local, customary naming practices are strikingly different. Each set of practices is designed to make the human and physical landscape legible, by sharply identifying a unique individual, a household, or a singular geographic feature. Yet they are each devised by very distinct agents for whom the purposes of identification are radically different. Purely local, customary practices, as we shall see, achieve a level of precision and clarity--often with impressive economy--perfectly suited to the needs of knowledgeable locals. State naming practices are, by contrast, constructed to guide an official ÔstrangerÕ in identifying unambiguously persons and places, not just in a single locality, but in many localities using standardized administrative techniques.

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Authors
Scott, J. C., Tehranian, J., & Mathias, J.
Affiliations
Yale University (US)
ORCID
Venue
Comparative Studies in Society and History
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Published
2002-01
Volume
44
Issue
1
Pages
4-44
ISSN
  • 0010-4175 (ISSN-L)
  • 1475-2999
DOI
10.1017/s0010417502000026
OpenAlex
W2166207874
Cited by
235
References
7
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 16 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 39 · 2018: 16 · 2017: 14 · 2016: 13 · 2015: 7 · 2014: 8 · 2013: 13 · 2012: 6
FWCI
14.46
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.cambridge.org/core/terms (unspecified, 246 d)
Locations
Comparative Studies in Society and History (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Anthropology › Legal and cultural studies analysis
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History › Cultural History and Identity Formation
  • Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Historical Legal Studies and Society
Keywords
legal identity, personal names, state formation, administrative standardization, household identification

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