Exploring Gypsiness : Power, Exchange and Interdependence in a Transylvanian Village.

Romania has a larger Gypsy population than most other countries but little is known about the relationship between this group and the non-Gypsy Romanians around them. This book focuses on a group of Rom Gypsies living in a village in Transylvania and explores their social life and cosmology. Because...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Engebrigtsen, Ada I. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Berghahn Books, 2007.
Temas:
Romanies > Romania > Transylvania > Social life and customs.
Tsiganes > Roumanie > Transylvanie > Mœurs et coutumes.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Ethnic relations
Romanies > Social life and customs
Ethnologie
Sozialstruktur
Autorität
Minderheitenfrage
Roma > Volk
Volkskunde
Transylvania (Romania) > Ethnic relations.
Transylvanie (Roumanie) > Relations interethniques.
Romania > Transylvania
Siebenbürgen
Roma (Volk)
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Romania has a larger Gypsy population than most other countries but little is known about the relationship between this group and the non-Gypsy Romanians around them. This book focuses on a group of Rom Gypsies living in a village in Transylvania and explores their social life and cosmology. Because Rom Gypsies are dependent on and define themselves in relation to the surrounding non-Gypsy populations, it is important to understand their day-to-day interactions with these neighbors, primarily peasants to whom they relate through extended barter. The author comes to the conclusion that, alth.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (230 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780857457103
0857457101
1306545749
9781306545747

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