This research study focuses on adult gypsy women in order to give us an understanding of the way they perceive their own gender roles, what expectations they are hed to by the wider community, and the extent to which these expectations are met in everyday practice. Ultimately, these communities are pressured by wider political, social and economic factors into adapting their practices accordingly, causing them to change at a different pace from wider western society, but changing nevertheless. As such, the changes in culture should be recorded, monitored and interpreted within a wider anthropological context of the effects of globalisation and modernisation on ethnic minorities. The results of this research inform us of the effects of discrimination on marginalised communities and how community boundaries are created and maintained -in light of ethnic segregation- and how these impact the livelihoods of women.
Drago, Anamaria
Supervisors: Matsunaga, L
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Year: 2016
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