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San Francisco, CA (and online)
January 5-8, 2023
Revealing Names and Shifting Identities in Contemporary Literature of the United States
Program arranged by the American Name Society
Presiding: Christine De Vinne, Ursuline College
- Politicized Place Names: Toni Morrison’s Literary Map in The Bluest Eye; Christine De Vinne, Ursuline College
- Public and Private Names: The Internal Journey of Natalie Waite in Shirley Jackson’s Hangsaman; Susan Behrens, Marymount Manhattan College
- Viewing Names and Identity in Diverse Picture Books through a Lens of Damage and Desire; Carrie Anne Thomas and Blessy Samjose, Ohio State Univ.
- Planting Seeds in Literary Narrative: Onomastic Concepts and Questions in Yangsook Choi’s The Name Jar; Anne W. Anderson, Univ. of South Florida