Articulating Otherness? White rural residents talk about Gypsy‐Travellers

Bibliographic Data

ID8962071
AuthorsL Holloway (0000-0002-7662-6638, Loughborough University, corresponding author), Sarah L Holloway
Year2005
Volume30
Issue3
Pages351-367
Publication date2005-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueTransactions of the Institute of British Geographers (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-2754 • E-ISSN: 1475-5661
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1475-5661.2005.00176.x
OpenAlexW1909393825
LanguageEN
Citations received26
References cited58

This paper combines insights from geographical research on the racialization of ethnic minority groups with more recent interest in whiteness in an exploration of the ways white rural residents racialize Gypsy‐Travellers. Focusing on the white rural residents of Appleby, Cumbria, and their racialization of and relations with Gypsy‐Travellers who attend the New Fair there each year, the paper contributes both to our understanding of the ways white people racialize ethnic minority groups, and in doing so also highlights the chaotic nature of whiteness as a social construction

Ethnic group · Geography · Race (biology · Racialization · Sociology · White (mutation · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Romani and Gypsy Studies · Rural development and sustainability

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