| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 293 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Intro; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part One; Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Part Two; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; Chapter Seven; Part Three; Chapter Eight; Chapter Nine; Chapter Ten; Chapter Eleven; Contributors; Index |
| Summary |
This edited collection draws together contributions from various social scientific fields and explores the mechanisms and strategies that Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities employ to preserve identities and cultural practices in different situational and national contexts. The book has a global focus with case studies from different European nations, as well as from Australia, North and South America. While several chapters acknowledge the power of cultural maintenance in the preservation of identity, others take a critical stance towards those aspects of inwardly focused and self-regulated |
| Notes |
"This edited volume consists of chapters derived from presentations given at a specialist workshop on Roma Resilience, held at the Second World Congress on Resilience, University of Timisoara, Romania in the summer of 2014 and subsequently developed further via online theoretical and practice-focused discussions"--Page 1 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Romanies.
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Nomads.
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Transnationalism.
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nomadism.
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nomads.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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Transnationalism
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Nomads
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Romanies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Allen, Daniel (College teacher), editor.
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Greenfields, Margaret, editor
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Smith, David M. (David Michael), 1945- editor.
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World Congress on Resilience (2nd : 2014 : Timișoara, Romania)
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| ISBN |
9781527526891 |
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1527526895 |
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