Gypsy economy
Subtitle: Romani livelihoods and notions of worth in the 21st century
By: edited by Micol Brazzabeni, Manuela Ivone Cunha and Martin Fotta
Series: The human economy
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 263
ISBN-13: 9781782388791; 9781782388869
Subjects: Europe; Community life; Ethnic relations; Capitalism; Romanies; Economic conditions; Social conditions; Values; Social Marginality
Description: "Economic arrangements of Romanies are complexly related to their social position. Authors explore these complexities, including how economic exchanges forge key social relationships of gender and ethnicity, how economic opportunities are constructed and seized, and how economic success and failure are transformed into attributes of social persons. They explore how, despite -- or perhaps because of -- their unstable and ambiguous position within the market economy, shared today with a growing number of people facing precarity and informalisation, Roma and Gypsy communities continuously re-create more or less viable economic strategies. The ethnographically based chapters share accounts of socially and vulnerable populations that face their situation with self-determination and creativity"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.