Insiders, outsiders and others : gypsies and identity /
Kalwant Bhopal and Martin Myers.
Bok · Engelsk · 2008
| Utgitt | Hatfield : : University of Hertfordshire Press, , 2008.
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| Omfang | x, 241 s. ;
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| Opplysninger | Indhold: Contents; Acknowledgements; 1. Gypsies and their identities; 2. Gypsy identity and culture:foundational accounts and theAcademy; 3. Gypsy identity and culture:misrepresentation, misrecognitionand deception; 4. Recognising the 'other'; 5. Case study I: Inside the schoolgates: Gypsy families' experiencesof education; 6. Case study II: Mediarepresentations of Gypsy lifein election year; 7. The outsider in multiculturalsociety; 8. The outsider in racist society; Bibliography; Index;.. - Summary: In this book Kalwant Bhopal and Martin Myers offer an account of the formation of Gypsy identities. Providing such an account for any social group is never straightforward, but there is a still wider scope for misunderstanding when considering Gypsy culture. For although Gypsies are recognisable figures within both rural and urban landscapes, the representations that are made of them tend to reflect an imaginary idea of the Gypsy which, in general, is configured from a non-Gypsy perspective. There appears to be little knowledge of or interest in the history and culture of Gypsy communities; th.
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| ISBN | 1902806719 : :No price. - 9781902806716 : :No price
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