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Gypsy and Traveller Ethnicity The Social Generation of an Ethnic Phenomenon
By Brian A Belton
Copyright 2005
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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The book explores the notion of Gypsy and Traveller ethnicity and provides a critique of the conceptual basis of racial and ethnic categorisation. An analysis of the post-war housing situation is given in order to illustrate a connection between social and economic conditions, legislation affecting gypsies and travellers and the visibility and general consciousness of the gypsy and traveller... Read more
1. Who are the Travellers? 2. What is Ethnicity? 3. The Social Generation of the Traveller Population 4. Legislative Regulation of the Traveller Population 5. Power, Knowledge, Truth and the Prison
Biography
Brian A. Belton is Senior lecturer at the YMCA George Williams College, London. His research focuses on the nature of culture, race and ethnicity, and narrative/oral history, particularly in relation to sport/community.
