Fire In The Dark : Telling Gypsiness in North East England

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Buckler, Sarah (Sal).

Series:

Studies in Public and Applied Anthropology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anthropology.

Romanies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Berghahn Books, 2011.

Summary:

Anthropologists who are employed to change the worlds they are researching find themselves in a potentially contradictory position. Combining the various roles and expectations involved in working with Gypsies and local government at the same time as conducting anthropological research, provides the overall perspective of this study. It is an unusual and effective balance of insightful ethnography and anthropological theory with the perspective of someone employed to carry out applied work. An effective and creative use of metaphor structures the entire work and allows complex ideas to be c

Contents:

Fire in the Dark; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: The Wasteland; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Part II: The Fire; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Part II - Summary; Part III: The Dark; Part III - Introduction; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Conclusions; Appendix I - Kinship Charts; Appendix II - Newspaper Cuttings; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9780857453174

0857453173

OCLC:

1063436488