Both Man and Woman”
The Third Sex/Gender Role in Roma Community in Skopje
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14713400 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ines Crvenkovska Risteska (0000-0002-1724-0663, Saints Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 591-605 |
| Publication date | 2019-06-20 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Etnoantropološki problemi / Issues in Ethnology and Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0353-1589 • E-ISSN: 2334-8801 |
| Publisher | University of Belgrade - Faculty of Philosophy - Department of Ethnology and Anthropology (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.21301/eap.v14i2.8 |
| OpenAlex | W2954660985 |
| Language | EN |
“Women” (buljàshi) play a third gender role in the Roma community in Skopje, Macedonia. Their important role, “both man and woman”, in the Roma community is realized through economic, social, and ritual community of close “sisters”. Within the Roma family rituals, in the life cycle rituals of the men and women community members, they take a significant ritual - magic function. They are “mediators” between the divine and the community
MAGIC (telescope · Sociology · Balkans: History, Politics, Society · Gender Studies · History · Psychology · Romani and Gypsy Studies
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |