Name Taboo (deceased)

Associated Documents (2)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Alford, RichardNaming and identity: a cross-cultural study of personal naming practices
Rosenblatt, Paul C.Grief and mourning in cross-cultural perspective

Associated Hypotheses (10)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Alford, RichardMore extensive naming ceremonies will be positively associated with societal complexity, population, use of patrilineal descent, and presence of high gods (47).
Alford, Richard'Given name' as the only component of the complete, personal name will be negatively associated with societal size and complexity (52).
Alford, RichardName uniqueness will be negatively associated with societal size, complexity, and stratification (70).
Alford, RichardTotal number of name changes in an individual's lifetime will be negatively associated with societal complexity and size (86).
Alford, RichardAddress by kin term will be positively associated with kin-centered societies in which personal names lack surnames, patronym, or clan/lineage names (100).
Alford, RichardTaboos on the use of personal names will be negatively associated with societal complexity (109).
Alford, RichardTaboos on using the name of the deceased will be positively associated with name uniqueness, and negatively associated with belief in reincarnation, ancestor worship, societal size, and societal complexity (114).
Rosenblatt, Paul C."Where levirate or sororate marriage is present, tie-breaking customs . . . which eliminate reminders of a deceased spouse during the bereavement period . . . are more likely to be present than where levirate of sororate remarriage is absent" (71, 68)
Rosenblatt, Paul C."There is a stronger relationship between the percentages of remarriage by levirate or sororate and the practice of tie-breaking customs than between the percentages of remarriage not by levirate or sororate and the practice of tie-breaking customs" (71)
Rosenblatt, Paul C.The degree of ghost fear is positively related to disposal of personal objects of the deceased and negatively related to a taboo on using the deceased's name. Otherwise ghost fear is unrelated to tie-breaking variables (160, 79)

Associated OCMs

  1. personal names
  2. social readjustments to death