'Women married off to chalices' : gender, kinship and wealth among Romanian Cortorari gypsies

Combining processual and cultural meanings-orientated with post-functionalist agency-focused approaches to relatedness, this thesis examines the role of women in the reproduction of Cortorari kinship. Cortorari are a Romanian, “traditional” Gypsy society, kin-based, bilateral and endogamous, with a...

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Main Author: Tesar, C. C.
Published: University College London (University of London) 2013
Subjects:
301
Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.626027