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Convery, Ian and Vincent O'Brien. 2012. Gypsy-Traveller narratives: Making sense of place: A co-ethnography. Narrative Inquiry 22 (2) : 332–347.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Place, Publisher
John Benjamins
Journal DOI
10.1075/ni

Annotation

Using a co-ethnographic approach to focus on one person’s story, this paper explores how a sense of place may be evident in self constructed Gypsy-Traveller identity and narrative. Mary’s recounting of her experiences of living and growing up in the Caldewgate district of Carlisle (UK) illustrates the place of family relations as a key element of Gypsy-Traveller self identity and suggests the centrality of family and internal relationships as a strong feature in the construction of personal notions and narratives of place for Gypsy-Traveller people.