Ritual, rapture and rebellion : the making of market, mercy and meaning amongst the Gitanos of El Rastro /

"The Gitanos of el Rastro carry an 'ontology of simultaneity' as self-employed traders and Pentecostal practitioners in Madrid. This makes the Spanish Romani be considered as both a part of and apart from mainstream society. This book is an anthropological account of a group of middle...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Brodersen, Marianne Blom (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Berghahn Books, 2025.
Series:	New anthropologies of Europe ; v. 9.
Subjects:	Romanies > Spain > Madrid > Social life and customs. Romanies > Spain > Madrid > Social conditions. Romanies > Spain > Madrid > Religion. Rastro (Madrid, Spain) > History. Romanies > Spain > Ethnic identity. Madrid (Spain) > Ethnic relations. Tsiganes > Espagne > Madrid > Mœurs et coutumes. Tsiganes > Identité ethnique > Espagne.

Table of Contents:

Becoming Part of the Ethnographic Field
Gitano Ethnic Identity: Between Being and Becoming
Introduction to the 'Making of Market'
Los Comerciantes Del Rastro and the 'Gitano Niche'
The Mercurial Merchants of El Rastro
Introduction to the 'Making of Mercy'
Apollo and Dionysus: In the Depths of El Culto
Dualities in Motion
Towards a Spiritual Gaze and Cultic Habitus
Introduction to the 'Making of Meaning'
Flexible Cosmology and an Ontology of Simultaneity
Towards a Community of Signs
Ritual, Rapture and Rebellion.