Examines how nineteenth-century stereotypes of the Gypsy woman still influence contemporary popular culture.
Jodie Matthews is Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Huddersfield, UK. Her research focuses on the ways in which groups who travelled around Britain were represented in the past, particularly the nineteenth century, and the ways in which these stereotypes and prejudice persist. She is also an editorial co-ordinator for Identity Papers: A Journal of British and Irish Studies.
A well-researched, scholarly and engaging book that brings critical
sophistication and sensitivity to its readings of encounters with
the “Gypsy woman”.
*Becky Munford, Reader, School of English, Communication and
Philosophy, Cardiff University, UK*
This is good; I wish I’d written it. The author is careful to
emphasise that she can’t and doesn’t speak for Gypsies or know
what’s best for them, and that is refreshing.
*Ian Hancock, Professor, Department of Linguistics, University of
Texas at Austin, USA*
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