Changing names and gendering identity: social organisation in contemporary Britain

1. Introduction : the importance of names to gendered social organisation -- 2. Research design and methodology -- 3. Names and tradition -- 4. Names, "choice", and gender -- 5. Power, politics, and naming -- 6. Maintaining the status quo? Love, heterosexuality, and emotion work -- 7. "Displaying" and "doing" family : genetics, social connection, and respectability -- 8. Names, (gendered) self, and society -- 9. Accounting for transgression -- 10. Conclusion.

Preface -- Author's declaration -- Introduction: the importance of names to gendered social organisation -- Research design and methodology -- Names and tradition -- Names, "choice", and gender -- Power, politics, and naming -- Maintaining the status quo : love, heterosexuality, and emotion work -- "Displaying" and "doing" family : genetics, social connection, and respectability -- Names, (gendered) self, and society -- Accounting for transgression -- Conclusion -- Index