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The Gypsy Woman: Representations in Literature and Visual Culture

The Gypsy Woman: Representations in Literature and Visual Culture

Matthews, Jodie

Hardcover

Series: Library of Gender and Popular Culture

General Gender StudiesGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 178831381X
ISBN13: 9781788313810
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: Nov 30 2018
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.95
Height: 1.00 Width: 5.70 Depth: 8.60
Language: English
The exotic and dangerous stereotype of the Gypsy woman formed in nineteenth-century literature and visual culture remains alive today. These contemporary cliches about Gypsy culture - both negative and romanticised - have a long history. In The Gypsy Woman, Jodie Matthews analyses why the representation of female Gypsy figures in print, painting, television series such as Big Fat Gypsy Weddings and social media sites like Instagram matters so much. Some of these images have been so damaging that they require legal regulation, but Matthews claims that supposedly positive portrayals are just as detrimental by reiterating the same story about Gypsies that have been told since the nineteenth century. Her study makes this book a highly relevant resource for students, teachers and researchers working in literary, cultural, gender and Romani studies.

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