Download or read book The Name Game written by Jürgen Gerhards and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gerhards concludes with a discussion of whether the blurring of gender and sex roles is reflected in the decrease of gender-specific names." "The Name Game will be of interest not only to sociologists and cultural studies specialists, but also non-professionals, especially parents who are interested in reflecting on the process of name giving."--BOOK JACKET.