Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-247) and index.
Historical categories and representations -- Modern misrepresentations -- Methods of approach -- Economic niche -- Self-ascription -- Symbolic boundaries -- Gorgio planning -- Travelling -- Trailer unit, spouses and children -- Group relations and personal relatives -- Gypsy women -- Ghosts and Gorgios.
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In this book Judith Okely challenges popular accounts of Gypsies which suggest that they were once isolated communities, enjoying an autonomous culture and economy now largely eroded by the processes of industrialisation and western capitalism.
Romanies-- Great Britain-- Social life and customs.