Insiders, Outsiders and Others

Insiders, Outsiders and Others
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Publisher : Univ of Hertfordshire Press
Total Pages : 260
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ISBN-10 : 1902806719
ISBN-13 : 9781902806716
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Book Synopsis Insiders, Outsiders and Others by : Kalwant Bhopal

Download or read book Insiders, Outsiders and Others written by Kalwant Bhopal and published by Univ of Hertfordshire Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book Kalwant Bhopal and Martin Myers offer an account of the formation of Gypsy identities. Providing such an account for any social group is never straightforward, but there is a still wider scope for misunderstanding when considering Gypsy culture. For although Gypsies are recognisable figures within both rural and urban landscapes, the representations that are made of them tend to reflect an imaginary idea of the Gypsy which, in general, is configured from a non-Gypsy perspective. There appears to be little knowledge of or interest in the history and culture of Gypsy communities; th


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