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Questioning Gypsy Identity
Brian A. Belton
其他書名
Ethnic Narratives in Britain and America
出版Rowman Altamira, 2005-03-07
主題Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & SocialSocial Science / DiscriminationSocial Science / Ethnic Studies / GeneralSocial Science / Minority Studies
ISBN075911496X9780759114968
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=cUo2AAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Brian Belton's powerfully original book examines Gypsy lives against the framework of social theories that illustrate how identity arises out of the cultural complexity of individual biographies, families, and communities. Addressing the lack of contextual and social perspectives in the existing literature and the underlying assumption of a consistent Gypsy lineage, he explores the subject of identity to include the broader social context in which the population exists. He argues that Gypsy identity is created and maintained not only by tradition and heredity, but also by social and ideological factors that give rise to the 'ethnic narrative' of Gypsy identity. Growing up in an English Gypsy family, Belton offers a unique 'outsider-insider' perspective to Questioning Gypsy Identity, writing what are essentially stories of people_how they are made, their social force, and what they collectively create.