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...
| Published in: | Visual Anthropology Vol. 22; no. 5; pp. 412 - 435 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Oct-Dec2009
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| Summary: | 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 tests its main hypothesis through a detailed analysis of two key dimensions: the photographic session as an intense interactive situation and the content of the photographic images. An analytical reflection concludes that the Gypsy photography phenomenon might be understood as a kind of ritual. |
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