Traveller-Gypsies

Zusammenfassung Judith Okely challenges popular accounts of Gypsies which suggest that they were once isolated communities! enjoying an autonomous culture and economy now largely eroded by the processes of industrialisation and western capitalism. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Historical categories and representations; 2. Modern misrepresentations; 3. Methods of approach; 4. Economic niche; 5. Self-ascription; 6. Symbolic boundaries; 7. Gorgio planning; 8. Travelling; 9. The trailer unit, spouses and children; 10. Group relations and personal relatives; 11. Gypsy women; 12. Ghosts and Gorgios; Concluding remarks; Extract from The Scholar Gypsy.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Judith Okely, Judith (Emeritus Professor Okely
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 24.02.1983
• EAN: 9780521288705
• ISBN: 978-0-521-28870-5
• Pagine: 260
• Serie: Changing Cultures
• Categorie: Saggistica > Politica, società, economia > Politica; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Altro