Romani culture and Gypsy identity
By: edited by Thomas Acton and Gary Mundy.
Contributors: Acton, T. A.; Mundy, Gary.
Publisher: University of Hertfordshire Press; University Of Hertfordshire Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Hatfield, Hertfordshire
Language: eng
Number of pages: 203
Subjects: Romanies -- Material culture; Romanies -- Social life and customs; Romanies -- Folklore; Romanies -- Health and hygiene; Romanies -- Education
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
"A companion volume to Gypsy politics and Traveller identity."
Table of contents: title: Gypsy aesthetics, identity and creativity : the painted wagon / David Smith; title: The English folktale corpus and Gypsy oral tradition / Ginny Lapage; title: Scottish Gypsies/Travellers and the folklorists / Willie Reid; title: The construction of identity through narrative : folklore and the travelling people of Scotland / Donald Braid; title: Australia; title: sanctuary or cemetery for Romanies? / Ken Lee; title: The puzzle of Roma persistence : group identity without a nation / Michael Stewart; title: Song performance : a model for social interaction among Vlach Gypsies in South-eastern Hungary / Irén Kertész-Wilkinson; title: "I want more than green leaves for my children" : some developments in Gypsy/Traveller education 1970-1996 / Mary Waterson; title: Opening our eyes : some observations on the attendance of primary aged Traveller pupils registered at schools in a county area of South Wales / G. Sandra Clay; title: Researching the religious affiliations of Travellers and their beliefs / Bernard Mends; title: Gender issues in accounts of Gypsy health and hygiene as discourses of social control / Thomas Acton ... [et al.]; title: Duty and beauty, possession and truth : lexical impoverishment as control / Ian Hancock; title: Cultural ingenuity and travelling autonomy : not copying, just choosing / Judith Okely.