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- catalog abstract ""In Serbian popular culture, the figure of the Gypsy has always been invested with the mysterious power to unveil the mendacious undertones in the program of civilisation. Wherever he appears - in jokes, songs, tales, literature or movies - the civilised order is unmasked. This motif can be seen most dramatically in bars and taverns, where Gypsy musicians lead their Serbian customers in veritable celebrations of wildness." "The author, who spent one and a half years in Serbia investigating these wild meetings relates the unreason of the behaviour in these bars to the atrocities committed during the war which broke out during his stay."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Gypsies, wars & other instances of the wild".
- catalog contributor b11210513.
- catalog coverage "Serbia Social life and customs.".
- catalog created "c1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "c1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
- catalog description ""In Serbian popular culture, the figure of the Gypsy has always been invested with the mysterious power to unveil the mendacious undertones in the program of civilisation. Wherever he appears - in jokes, songs, tales, literature or movies - the civilised order is unmasked. This motif can be seen most dramatically in bars and taverns, where Gypsy musicians lead their Serbian customers in veritable celebrations of wildness." "The author, who spent one and a half years in Serbia investigating these wild meetings relates the unreason of the behaviour in these bars to the atrocities committed during the war which broke out during his stay."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-260) and index.".
- catalog description "pt. I. Reality as it is told. 1. Fini Ljudi: A Balkan Bourgeoisie. 2. Borderland, Warzone -- pt. II. Beyond the world in stories. 3. Lessons from the Reform School of War -- pt. III. Imaginary worlds. 4. On Mud and Gypsies, or On People and the World as They Simply Are. 5. Kafana -- Conclusions: The Embrace of Unreason.".
- catalog extent "ix, 266 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Gypsies, wars, and other instances of the wild.".
- catalog identifier "9053563113 (hardback)".
- catalog identifier "9053563156 (pbk.)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Gypsies, wars, and other instances of the wild.".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "c1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press,".
- catalog relation "Gypsies, wars, and other instances of the wild.".
- catalog spatial "Serbia Social life and customs.".
- catalog spatial "Serbia.".
- catalog subject "306/.094971 21".
- catalog subject "DR1952 .P67 1998".
- catalog subject "Romanies Serbia.".
- catalog subject "Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 Serbia.".
- catalog tableOfContents "pt. I. Reality as it is told. 1. Fini Ljudi: A Balkan Bourgeoisie. 2. Borderland, Warzone -- pt. II. Beyond the world in stories. 3. Lessons from the Reform School of War -- pt. III. Imaginary worlds. 4. On Mud and Gypsies, or On People and the World as They Simply Are. 5. Kafana -- Conclusions: The Embrace of Unreason.".
- catalog title "Gypsies, wars & other instances of the wild".
- catalog title "Gypsies, wars, and other instances of the wild : civilisation and its discontents in a Serbian town / Mattijs van de Port.".
- catalog type "text".