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Gypsy economy : Romani livelihoods and notions of worth in the 21st century /
"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 fai...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autres auteurs: | , |
| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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New York :
Berghahn Books,
2016.
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| Collection: | Human economy.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | "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 |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (vi, 263 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781782388869 1782388869 |