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The subtle exploration of these acts of cultural invention is one of the original features of this important new ethnography. Another even more striking aspect of the work is the author's vision of the "impermanent" nature of the Gitano social order and the absence of any representation of "community" or "society." Unlike their non-Gypsy neighbors, Gitanos do not use concepts of tradition, territory, or social harmony as bases for their singularity. Instead they focus on the evaluation of personal moral performances in the present. In a cultural universe where all activities are markers of shared identity, and where personhood is always sexed, men and women continually enact the superiority of Gypsies over non-Gypsies. Through dress, manner and the management of emotions, or at wedding rituals where the virginity of young brides is put to the test, the body works as the site of these processes.
- Binding Paperback
- Author/s Gay y Blasco, Paloma
- ISBN13 9781859732588
- ISBN10 1859732585
- Pages 198
- Published 1999
Gypsies in Madrid. Sex, gender and performance of identity
- Author Paloma Gay y Blasco
- Publisher BERG PUBLISHERS
- ISBN 9781859732588
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