Gypsy Economy : : Romani Livelihoods and Notions of Worth in the 21st Century /

Gypsy Economy : : Romani Livelihoods and Notions of Worth in the 21st Century / / ed. by Micol Brazzabeni, Martin Fotta, Manuela Ivone Cunha.

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Economic arrangements of Romanies are complexly related to their social position. The authors of this volume 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 su...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
MitwirkendeR:
Acedo, Sara Sama,
Brazzabeni, Micol,
Durst, Judit,
Ferrari, Florencia,
Fotta, Martin,
Grill, Jan,
Hart, Keith,
Hrustič, Tomáš,
Manrique, Nathalie,
Olivera, Martin,
Pulay, Gergő,
Solimene, Marco,
Tesăr, Cătălina,
HerausgeberIn:
Brazzabeni, Micol,
Cunha, Manuela Ivone,
Fotta, Martin,
Place / Publishing House:New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2015]
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Series:The Human Economy ; 3
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Physical Description:1 online resource (272 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Figures
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction: Gypsy Economy
  • Chapter 1 Usury among the Slovak Roma: Notes on Relations between Lenders and Borrowers in a Segregated Taboris
  • Chapter 2 New Redistributors in Times of Insecurity: Different Types of Informal Lending in Hungary
  • Chapter 3 A Way of Life Flowing in the Interstices: Cigano Horse Dealers in Alentejo, Portugal
  • Chapter 4 ‘Endured Labour’ and ‘Fixing Up’ Money The Economic Strategies of Roma Migrants in Slovakia and the UK
  • Chapter 5 ‘I Go for Iron’ Xoraxané Romá Collecting Scrap Metal in Rome
  • Chapter 6 ‘I’m Good but also Mad’ The Street Economy in a Poor Neighbourhood of Bucharest
  • Chapter 7 The Mechanisms of Independence: Economic Ethics and the Domestic Mode of Production among Gabori Roma in Transylvania
  • Chapter 8 Deceit and Efficacy: Fortune Telling among the Calon Gypsies in São Paulo, Brazil
  • Chapter 9 Houses under Construction: Conspicuous Consumption and the Values of Youth among Romanian Cortorari Gypsies
  • Chapter 10 Exchange, Shame and Strength among Calon of Bahia: A Values-based Analysis
  • Chapter 11 ‘Give and Don’t Keep Anything!’ Wealth, Hierarchy and Identity among the Gypsies of Two Small Towns in Andalusia, Spain
  • Afterword
  • Index

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