Gypsy-travellers in nineteenth-century society
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Gypsy-travellers in nineteenth-century society
Cambridge University Press, 1988
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Gypsy-travellers in 19th century society
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)
Bibliography: p. 244-256
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The Gypsy is traditionally portrayed as a black-eyed, tousle-haired savage from a distant land who makes a living by deceit and parasitism on the host society. This book critically examines the nature and source of such stereotypes, locating the image of the wild but often romantic Romany in various works of fiction and the writings of lorists and gypsiologists, fascinated by the need to classify, categorize and describe. The author reveals the inadequacies of the racial construct, and replaces it with a definition that allows for the coming together and coexistence of indigenous itinerants and the original, foreign immigrants. A picture emerges of a distinctive group living on the fringes of industrialized society and economy, but necessarily involved in a close economic relationship with the settled community.
Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction
- Part I. Nomadism: 2. Itinerancy as a way of life
- 3. From fortune-telling to scissor-grinding
- Part II. Images: 4. Romany or traveller - definitions and stereotypes
- Part III. Responses: 5. Evangelism and the reforming mission
- 6. George Smith of Coalville and the legislative attack
- 7. The Gypsy versus magistrates, police and local authorities
- 8. Summary and conclusion.
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