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Gypsy identities, 1500-2000 : from Egipcyans and Moon-men to the ethnic Romany / David Mayall.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 313 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0203490053
  • 9780203490051
  • 9781135357443
  • 1135357447
  • 9781135357399
  • 1135357390
  • 9781135357436
  • 1135357439
  • 9780415566377
  • 0415566371
  • 1280055944
  • 9781280055942
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Gypsy identities, 1500-2000.DDC classification:
  • 941/.00491497 21
LOC classification:
  • DX211 .M43 2004eb
Online resources:
Contents:
1. The different faces of the Gypsy -- 2. Gypsy studies and socially constructed identities -- 3. Egyptians, land-pirates, moon-men and vagabonds : the Gypsy in early modern England -- 4. Race : the evolution of an idea -- 5. Constructing the true Romany : Gypsy racial identity from the late eighteenth to the twentieth century -- 6. The origins of the real Romany : from Heinrich Grellmann to the Gypsy lorists -- 7. Gypsy ethnicity : the concept, the legal battle and Gypsy politics -- 8. Constructing the ethnic Gypsy : themes and approaches -- 9. Nuisances, dead dogs and gypsies -- 10. So, who are the Gypsies?
Summary: Gypsies have lived in England since the early sixteenth century, yet considerable confusion and disagreement remain over the precise identity of the group.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-295) and index.

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1. The different faces of the Gypsy -- 2. Gypsy studies and socially constructed identities -- 3. Egyptians, land-pirates, moon-men and vagabonds : the Gypsy in early modern England -- 4. Race : the evolution of an idea -- 5. Constructing the true Romany : Gypsy racial identity from the late eighteenth to the twentieth century -- 6. The origins of the real Romany : from Heinrich Grellmann to the Gypsy lorists -- 7. Gypsy ethnicity : the concept, the legal battle and Gypsy politics -- 8. Constructing the ethnic Gypsy : themes and approaches -- 9. Nuisances, dead dogs and gypsies -- 10. So, who are the Gypsies?

Gypsies have lived in England since the early sixteenth century, yet considerable confusion and disagreement remain over the precise identity of the group.

English.

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