Roma and Gypsy "Ethnicity" as a Subject of Anthropological Inquiry

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ID2295293
AutoresMichael Stewart (0000-0003-2579-1972, Department of Anthropology, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom)
Ano2013
Volume42
Fascículo1
Páginas415-432
Data de publicação2013-10-21
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAnnual Review of Anthropology (BOOK_SERIES)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0084-6570 • E-ISSN: 1545-4290
EditoraAnnual Reviews (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1146/annurev-anthro-092010-153348
OpenAlexW2163788089
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas55
Referências citadas84

Anthropological interest in Romany and Gypsy populations is now intense; but for the first seven or so decades of Anthropology, the field was left entirely to amateur folklorists. Roma and Gypsies may often "not want in" ( Gmelch 1986 ), but they also seem not to fit into existing academic models. Examining various ways in which Romany sociality challenges existing anthropological models, this article assesses the contribution of three explanations of Romany persistence: historical, sociostructural and culturalist. Roma always live immersed within and dispersed among dominant majority populations, and yet their adaptation remains surprisingly successful in the long historical view. The enormous diversity of Romany social forms, as well as Roma evasion of the trap of nation-state/ethnic figurations, continues to provide a potent source for anthropological reflection and theorization

Amateur · Archaeology · Diversity (politics · Ethnic group · Ethnology · Sociality · Sociology · Subject (documents · Anthropology · Balkans: History, Politics, Society · Ecology · Gender Studies · History · Romani and Gypsy Studies · South Asian Studies and Conflicts