Lăutar Space
Marriage, Weddings, and Identity among Romani Musicians in Romania
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6091114 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Margaret H Beissinger (0009-0004-1703-5821, Princeton University, corresponding author), Margaret Beissinger |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Pages | 97-114 |
| Publication date | 2020-11-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Martor The Museum of the Romanian Peasant Anthropology Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1224-6271 • E-ISSN: 2734-8350 |
| Publisher | Muzeul National al Taranului Roman (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.57225/martor.2020.25.06 |
| OpenAlex | W4320163033 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 21 |
This article treats, through the lens of marriage and nuptial practices, how lăutari (professional male Romani musicians who perform at Romanian weddings) and their families self-identify as Romanianized Roma. Lăutari assume hybrid forms of identity, drawing on both traditional Romani and mainstream Romanian culture as they perpetually create and recreate their own composite sense of “lǎutar space.” Lăutari, like many Roma, preserve basic norms of traditional matrimony, and weddings provide an arena in which they express emblems of Romani culture. Yet lăutari also invoke their “elite” status vis-à-vis “other Gypsies” by refuting what they view as “backward” marital praxes. Moreover, they both appropriate certain Romanian nuptial traditions as well as sustain a basic distrust of Romanians as non-Roma. While lăutar culture has evolved significantly over the twentieth century, younger family members are carving out their own shifting forms of “lǎutar space” in unprecedented ways, often fueled by educational opportunities. This article examines how lăutar identity is nurtured through a dynamic merging of Romani and Romanian cultures and how marriage and wedding practices inform these intersections
Aesthetics · Art · Carving · Elite · Emblem · Humanities · Mainstream · Political science · Politics · Romanian · Sociology · Visual arts · Gender Studies · Law · Philosophy · Romani and Gypsy Studies
The Wedding of the Dead
Introduction
Materializing Difference
Romani (Gypsy) Music-Making at Weddings in Post-Communist Romania
The Gypsies as indigenous groups
Bringing hybridity to heterogeneity in Romani Studies
Becoming Rom (male), becoming Romni (female) among Romanian Cortorari Roma
Gender, ethnicity, and education in lăutar (Romani musician) families in Romania
Ambitious Education The Role of Family, School and Friends in the Development of Successful Romany Life Courses
Mariages, richesse et générations chez les Roms Cortorari de Roumanie. Notes sur une parenté tournée vers l’avenir
The articulation of soul
Occupation and Ethnicity
Non-Territorial Culture as The Rationale for the Assimilation of Gypsy Children
Gypsies, the hidden americans
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |