Gypsy economy: Romani livelihoods and notions of worth in the 21st century

"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 fai...

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Weitere Verfasser: Brazzabeni, Micol (HerausgeberIn), Cunha, Manuela Ivone Pereira da (HerausgeberIn), Fotta, Martin (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York Berghahn Books 2016
Schriftenreihe:The human economy 3
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Zusammenfassung:"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
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:vi, 263 Seiten Illustrationen 24 cm
ISBN:9781782388791

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