DURAK YERLERİ: İNGİLTERE ÇİNGENESİNE DOĞRU BİR YOLCULUK

Abstract

It is not uncommon for a child of a minority community in Britain to explore their parents’ cultural heritage and understand how and where elements of their identity were formed. Often this includes journeying to a place in Britain or overseas to experience a built (home) environment, family network, and family friends that have been spoken about in stories and overheard in family conversations for many years. However, the colourful stories of parents, uncles and aunts about a distant place and the people found there can contrast with reality. Visiting sites and people far away might not be congruent with the parents’ stories. Exploring an authentic past or golden age can be problematic in this case. Damian Le Bas’s The Stopping Places: A Journey Through Gypsy Britain travelogue and memoir is an example of this quest by one British author of multiple heritage: Gypsy and non-Gypsy. La Bas’s work is important because there are few books on the market about the stopping places of the Romani and Irish Travellers. In explaining a personal account, Le Bas writes in a readable style, incorporating well-observed descriptive sections.

Keywords

• Çingene
• romanca
• Britanya
• toplum
• kimlik

THE STOPPING PLACES A JOURNEY THROUGH GYPSY BRITAIN

Abstract

Keywords

• Romani
• Gypsy
• Britain
• community
• identity