Mapping the mind: borders, migration and myth

Fraser, Robert (2005). Mapping the mind: borders, migration and myth. In: Ponzanesi, Sandra and Merolla, Daniela eds. Migrant cartographies: new cultural and literary spaces in post-colonial Europe. Oxford, UK: Lexington Books, pp. 55–66.

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Abstract

An updated version of article that earlier appeared in the journal Wasafiri, this charts the relationship between post-medieval attitudes towards the Roma people and deep-seated cultural phobias concerning disease, miscegenation and the like.

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• Item ORO ID
• 7332
• Item Type
• Book Section
• ISBN
• 0-7391-0755-0, 978-0-7391-0755-3
• Keywords
• Roma; Europe; borders; epidemics; nationalism; maps; Victor Hugo; Prosper Merimee; Carmen
• Academic Unit or School
• Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Arts and Humanities > English & Creative Writing
  Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Arts and Humanities
  Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS)
• Research Group
• Postcolonial and Global Literatures Research Group (PGL)
• Depositing User
• Robert Fraser