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Gypsy and Traveller Girls: Silence, Agency and Power: Studies in Childhood and Youth

Autor Geetha Marcus
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 7 feb 2019
This book presents the untold stories of Gypsy and Traveller girls living in Scotland. Drawing on accounts of the girls’ lives and offering space for their voices to be heard, the author addresses contemporary and traditional stereotypes and racialised misconceptions of Gypsies and Travellers. Marcus explores how the stubborn persistence of these negative views appears to contribute to policies and practices of neglect, inertia or intervention that often aim to ‘civilise’ and further assimilate these communities into the mainstream settled population. It is against this backdrop that the book exposes the girls’ racialised and gendered experiences, which impact on their struggles as young people to realise their potential and future prospects. Their narratives reveal the strengths of a distinct community, and the complexity of their silence and agency within the patriarchal structures that pervade the private spaces of home and the public spaces of education. This study also invitesthe reader to reflect on how the experiences of Gypsy and Traveller girls compares with young women from other social backgrounds, and questions if there is more that binds us than divides us as women in the modern world.
Gypsy and Traveller Girls will be of interest to students and scholars across a range of disciplines, including sociology, education, gender studies and social policy.
 
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9783030037024
ISBN-10: 3030037029
Pagini: 210
Ilustrații: XXVII, 334 p. 13 illus., 6 illus. in color.
Dimensiuni: 148 x 210 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.59 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2019
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Seria Studies in Childhood and Youth

Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland

Cuprins

1.The Outsiders Within: Stereotypes, Definitions and Boundaries.- 2. Power and Silence: The Social Construction of Gypsies and Travellers.- 3. Gypsies and Travellers in Education: Hidden, Deviant or Excluded.- 4. Gypsies, Travellers and Intersectionality.- 5. ‘I am not big, fat or just Gypsy’: The Racialised and Gendered Experiences of Gypsy and Traveller Girls in School.- 6. ‘Honour Thy Father and Mother’: Love, Freedom and Control at Home.- 7. Power in Agency: Ambitions, Aspirations and Success.- 8. Conclusion: The Power of Inequality.

Notă biografică

Geetha Marcus is Lecturer in Education at the University of Glasgow, UK. She is a sociologist, feminist and teacher activist.

Textul de pe ultima copertă

This book presents the untold stories of Gypsy and Traveller girls living in Scotland. Drawing on accounts of the girls’ lives and offering space for their voices to be heard, the author addresses contemporary and traditional stereotypes and racialised misconceptions of Gypsies and Travellers. Marcus explores how the stubborn persistence of these negative views appears to contribute to policies and practices of neglect, inertia or intervention that often aim to ‘civilise’ and further assimilate these communities into the mainstream settled population. It is against this backdrop that the book exposes the girls’ racialised and gendered experiences, which impact on their struggles as young people to realise their potential and future prospects. Their narratives reveal the strengths of a distinct community, and the complexity of their silence and agency within the patriarchal structures that pervade the private spaces of home and the public spaces of education. This study also invitesthe reader to reflect on how the experiences of Gypsy and Traveller girls compares with young women from other social backgrounds, and questions if there is more that binds us than divides us as women in the modern world.
Gypsy and Traveller Girls will be of interest to students and scholars across a range of disciplines, including sociology, education, gender studies and social policy.
 

Caracteristici

Offers young women’s perspectives and accounts of life in the family and at school Presents the girls’ culture, language, identity, thoughts and emotions Serves as a portal on a closed community and re-appraises common misperceptions about Gypsies and Travellers