Questioning gypsy identity : ethnic narratives in Britain and America
Brian A. Belton (Author)
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.
VII, 203 Seiten
9780759105331, 9780759105324, 0759105332, 0759105324
265700388
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