Fire in the Dark : telling Gypsiness in North East England / Sarah Buckler

By: Buckler, SarahContributor(s): Buckler, SarahMaterial type: TextTextPublisher number: :International Book Distributors | :Flat No 17, Prakash Apartment 4405/2, 5 Ansari Road Darya Ganj New Delhi Series: Studies in applied anthropology, v. 3Publication details: New York : Berghann Books, ©2007Description: xiii, 234 pages 24cmISBN: 9780857451477Subject(s): Social Sciences | Groups of people | Romanies -- England, North East | SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations | SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies | Romanies | England -- England, North EastDDC classification: 305.891 BUC
Contents:
1. Defining the field : people and practice in an indeterminate place -- 2. Reaching an understanding methods and analysis -- 3. The past and present making of Teesside : building a place in the world, finding a place amongst people -- 4. Stories and teaching Gypsiness -- 5. Stories and the telling of family -- 6. Home is where the heart is -- 7. The negotiation of moral ambivalence -- 8. The mediated moral imagination -- 9. A meeting of minds? -- 10. Managing multiple perspectives -- Appendix I. Kinship charts -- Appendix II. Newspaper cuttings.
Summary: "Anthropologists who are employed to enact change in 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 book. It is an unusual and effective balance of insightful ethnography and anthropological theory from the perspective of someone employed to carry out applied work."--Book jacket
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1. Defining the field : people and practice in an indeterminate place --
2. Reaching an understanding methods and analysis --
3. The past and present making of Teesside : building a place in the world, finding a place amongst people --
4. Stories and teaching Gypsiness --
5. Stories and the telling of family --
6. Home is where the heart is --
7. The negotiation of moral ambivalence --
8. The mediated moral imagination --
9. A meeting of minds? --
10. Managing multiple perspectives --
Appendix I. Kinship charts --
Appendix II. Newspaper cuttings.

"Anthropologists who are employed to enact change in 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 book. It is an unusual and effective balance of insightful ethnography and anthropological theory from the perspective of someone employed to carry out applied work."--Book jacket

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