Title:

Feminine names in current Romanian hodonymy

Creator:

Feleca, Oliviu ; Felecan, Nicolae

Publisher:

Instytut Języka Polskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Place of publishing:

Kraków

Date issued/created:

2021

Description:

265 pages ; 23 cm.

Subject and Keywords:

hodonyms ; gender inequality ; urban toponymy ; commemorative names ; Romania

Abstract:

This study aims to map the gender politics of contemporary Romanian street naming. Hodonyms mirror mentalities and the ideas prevailing in a society. Urban microtoponimy is an androcentric one, as public life has belonged, throughout history, almost exclusively to men. Women emerged from the private and domestic spheres only in the nineteenth century, and this justifies, in a way, the much smaller number of street names that are claimed by female names. The recognition of women’s role in society and their commemoration through hodonyms can function as a reparative act of balancing the power and influence asymmetries.

Relation:

Onomastica

Volume:

65

Issue:

1

Start page:

271

End page:

287

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

Format:

PDF

Resource Identifier:

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Language:

eng

Language of abstract:

eng

Rights:

Rights Reserved - Free Access

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. May be used within the limits of statutory user freedoms

Access:

Open