Questioning Gypsy Identity - Ethnic Narratives In Britain And America

Informationen zum Autor By Brian A. Belton Klappentext Questioning Gypsy Identity: Ethnic Narratives in Britain and America critically examines stories of Gypsy lives against the framework of social theories that illustrate how identity arises out of the cultural complexity of individual biographies, families, and communities. Growing up in an English Gypsy family, Brian Belton offers readers a unique perspective, writing what are essentially stories of people_how they are made, their social force, and what they collectively create. Zusammenfassung Examines stories of Gypsy lives against the framework of social theories that illustrate how identity arises out of the cultural complexity of individual biographies! families! and communities. This book offers stories of people and how they are made! their social force! and what they collectively create. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction: A Gypsy Lineage Chapter 2 The Ethnic Gypsy Chapter 3 Defining American Gypsies Chapter 4 Historical Genesis of American Gypsies Chapter 5 Gypsies in Social Bondage Chapter 6 Ethnicity as Narrative Chapter 7 Colonialism and the Gypsies Chapter 8 Defining Legislation Chapter 9 Towards a New Paradigm of Gypsy Identity Chapter 10 Appendix: The Gypsy Lore Society (GLS) Chapter 11 Bibliography Chapter 12 Index Chapter 13 About the Author

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By Brian A. Belton

Product details

• Authors: Brian Belton, Brian A. Belton, Craig Piers
• Assisted by: Joseph Brent (Editor), John P. Ph. D. Muller (Editor), Craig Piers (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.03.2005
• EAN: 9780759105324
• ISBN: 978-0-7591-0532-4
• No. of pages: 203
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Psychoanalysis; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)