TY - JOUR
T1 - A Tale of Two Brazzas
T2 - Intertwining (Post-)Colonial Namescapes
AU - Bigon, Liora
AU - Ben Arrous, Michel
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, © 2018 American Name Society.
PY - 2019/1/2
Y1 - 2019/1/2
N2 - This article brings together and analyzes two toponyms: Brazzaville Street in Holon, Israel, and Quay of Brazza in Bordeaux, France. In the light of historical and contemporary developments at different points of time, geographies and socio-political contexts, the crisscrossing between both Brazza-related toponyms is useful in promoting a critical and more nuanced interpretation of space and nomenclature. In exploring the varied flows of power, ambiguities and tensions behind the two place names, and in bringing the Congo to the fore, the article also relates to geographies beyond Europe. This aspect of spatial intertwining contributes to the de-Eurocentrization of recent place names studies, which tend to be focused on Europe/the West and on nationalistic aspects. In addition, a variety of primary and secondary materials is employed, including visual and archival sources, and fieldwork.
AB - This article brings together and analyzes two toponyms: Brazzaville Street in Holon, Israel, and Quay of Brazza in Bordeaux, France. In the light of historical and contemporary developments at different points of time, geographies and socio-political contexts, the crisscrossing between both Brazza-related toponyms is useful in promoting a critical and more nuanced interpretation of space and nomenclature. In exploring the varied flows of power, ambiguities and tensions behind the two place names, and in bringing the Congo to the fore, the article also relates to geographies beyond Europe. This aspect of spatial intertwining contributes to the de-Eurocentrization of recent place names studies, which tend to be focused on Europe/the West and on nationalistic aspects. In addition, a variety of primary and secondary materials is employed, including visual and archival sources, and fieldwork.
KW - (post-)colonial history
KW - Bordeaux/France
KW - Brazza
KW - Brazzaville
KW - Congo
KW - Holon/Israel
KW - interconnected geographies
KW - street signage
KW - toponymic studies
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85045032818&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/00277738.2018.1453288
DO - 10.1080/00277738.2018.1453288
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AN - SCOPUS:85045032818
SN - 0027-7738
VL - 67
SP - 40
EP - 53
JO - Names
JF - Names
IS - 1
ER -