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Title Gypsy economy : Romani livelihoods and notions of worth in the 21st century / edited by Micol Brazzabeni, Manuela Ivone Cunha and Martin Fotta
Published New York : Berghahn Books, 2016
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Description 1 online resource (vi, 263 pages) : illustrations
Series The human economy
Human economy.
Contents Gypsy Economy; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction -- Gypsy Economy; Chapter 1 -- Usury among the Slovak Roma -- Tomáš Hrustič; Chapter 2 -- New Redistributors in Times of Insecurity -- Judit Durst; Chapter 3 -- A Way of Life Flowing in the Interstices -- Sara Sama Acedo; Chapter 4 -- 'Endured Labour' and 'Fixing Up' Money -- Jan Grill; Chapter 5 -- 'I Go for Iron' -- Marco Solimene; Chapter 6 -- 'I'm Good but also Mad' -- Gergő Pulay; Chapter 7 -- The Mechanisms of Independence -- Martin Olivera; Chapter 8 -- Deceit and Efficacy -- Florencia Ferrari
Chapter 9 -- Houses under Construction -- Cătălina TesărChapter 10 -- Exchange, Shame and Strength among Calon of Bahia -- Martin Fotta; Chapter 11 -- 'Give and Don't Keep Anything!' -- Nathalie Manrique; Afterword; Index
Summary "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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Romanies -- Europe -- Economic conditions -- 21st century
Romanies -- Europe -- Social conditions -- 21st century
Community life -- Europe
Values -- Social aspects -- Europe
Capitalism -- Social aspects -- Europe
Marginality, Social -- Economic aspects -- Europe
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Reference.
Ethnic relations
Economic history
Capitalism -- Social aspects
Community life
Marginality, Social -- Economic aspects
Romanies -- Economic conditions
Romanies -- Social conditions
Values -- Social aspects
SUBJECT Europe -- Ethnic relations
Europe -- Economic conditions -- 21st century
Subject Europe
Form Electronic book
Author Cunha, Manuela Ivone Pereira da, editor.
Brazzabeni, Micol, editor.
ISBN 9781782388869
1782388869