Ritual, Rapture and Rebellion

Marianne Blom Brodersen is a social anthropologist and Associate Professor in social work at Nord University, Norway. Her research focuses on ethnography and phenomenologically oriented anthropological theorizing across a range of fields and topics, especially alternative forms of social organization and radical societal change.

List of Illustrations

Preface

Acknowledgments



Introduction: Situating the Field



Part I



Chapter 1. Becoming Part of the Ethnographic Field

Chapter 2. Gitano Ethnic Identity: Between Being and Becoming



Part II: Introduction to the ‘Making of Market’



Chapter 3. Los Comerciantes Del Rastro and the ‘Gitano Niche’

Chapter 4. The Mercurial Merchants of El Rastro



Part III: Introduction to the ‘Making of Mercy’



Chapter 5. Apollo and Dionysus: In the Depths of El Culto

Chapter 6. Dualities in Motion

Chapter 7. Towards a Spiritual Gaze and Cultic Habitus



Part IV: Introduction to the ‘Making of Meaning’



Chapter 8. Flexible Cosmology and an Ontology of Simultaneity

Chapter 9. Towards a Community of Signs



Conclusion: Ritual, Rapture and Rebellion



References

Index