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9780900458767

Romani Culture And Gypsy Identity

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  • ISBN13:

    9780900458767

  • ISBN10:

    0900458763

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1997-05-01
  • Publisher: University Of Hertfordshire Press
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Summary

Provides a comparative account of Gypsy culture, art and music together with contemporary accounts of changes in education, health and religion. This book includes critical deconstruction of folklorism, illustrations of painted traditional caravans, and songs and extracts from musical scores.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Gypsy aesthetics, identity and creativity: the painted wagonp. 7
The English folktale corpus and Gypsy oral traditionp. 16
Scottish Gypsies/Travellers and the Folkloristsp. 29
The construction of identity through narrative: folklore and the travelling people of Scotlandp. 38
Australia - Sanctuary or Cemetery for Romanies?p. 67
The puzzle of Roma persistence: group identity without a nationp. 82
Song performance: a model for social interaction among Vlach Gypsies in South-eastern Hungaryp. 97
"I want more than green leaves for my children". Some developments in Gypsy/Traveller education 1970-1996p. 127
Opening our eyes: some observations on the attendance of primary aged Traveller pupils registered at schools in a county area of South Walesp. 150
Researching the religious affiliations of Travellers and their beliefsp. 158
Gender issues in accounts of Gypsy health and hygiene as discourses of social controlp. 164
Duty and beauty, possession and truth: lexical impoverishment as controlp. 180
Afterword: Cultural ingenuity and travelling autonomy: not copying, just choosingp. 188
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