To choose, fix, or ignore culture? The cultural politics of Gypsy and Traveler mobility in England

Social and Cultural Geography

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 461-479

  Kabachnik, Peter ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Britain; Cultural discourses; Gypsies and Travelers; Ireland; Mobility; Nomadism

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; CULTURAL IDENTITY; CULTURAL TRADITION; HUMAN RIGHTS; NOMADIC PEOPLE; POLITICS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 67650188454     PISSN: 14649365     EISSN: 14701197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14649360902853247     Document Type: Article

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