Another darkness, another dawn : a history of Gypsies, Roma and Travellers / / Becky Taylor

• Autore: Taylor Becky
• Pubblicazione: London, England : , : Reaktion Books, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (274 p.)
• Disciplina: 909.0491497
• Soggetto topico: Romanies - History; Romanies - Origin
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Another Darkness, Another Dawn: A History of Gypsies, Roma and Travelers; Imprint Page; Contents; Preface; Introduction: In Search of the 'True Gypsy'?; One: Out of the Medieval World; Two: Breaking Bodies, Banishing Bodies; Three: The Dark Enlightenment; Four: Nationalism, Race and Respectability; Five: Into the Flames; Six: A New Dawn?; Afterword; References; Further Reading; Acknowledgements; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Vilified and marginalized, the Romani people-widely referred to as Gypsies, Roma, and Travelers-are seen as a people without place, either geographically or socially, no matter where they live or what they do. In this new chronological history of the Romani, Another Darkness, Another Dawn demonstrates how their experiences provide a way to understand mainstream society's relationship with outsiders and immigrants. Becky Taylor follows the Gypsies, Roma, and Travelers from their roots in the Indian subcontinent to their travels across the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires to Wes
• Titolo autorizzato: Another darkness, another dawn
• ISBN: 1-78023-297-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910464725603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II