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Portrait Obsession: Reproducing Gypsy Identity through Photographs.

This article examines the importance Gypsies attribute to photographic images of themselves, suggesting that such images play a crucial role in the reproduction and questioning of their identity. Based on empirical evidence collected among Gypsy communities in the Lisbon urban area, the article test...

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Published in:Visual Anthropology Vol. 22; no. 5; pp. 412 - 435
Main Author: Seabra Lopes, Daniel
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Oct-Dec2009
Subjects:
Romani art
Photographs
Imaging systems
Photography
Lisbon (Portugal)
Portugal
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost