ABSTRACT Davis examines descriptions of Romani costume in travel narratives written by predominantly British writers visiting Hungary, believed to be the site of especially ‘pure’ Romani culture, during the long nineteenth century. Travel descriptions provided key sources of information on the peoples of East Europe, for the British public, authors of popular fiction and Gipsiologists alike. However, most travellers spent little time with Roma. Consequently, they supplemented descriptions of surface details, such as Romani costume, with information from local informants and Gipsiologists’ texts. Following these sources, travellers ethnologized Romani costume, demonstrating Orientalism and tropes of poverty, indolence, licentiousness, neglect, vanity and essentialism. In the process, travel writers reinforced and disseminated the ‘pure Romany’ stereotype to wider audiences.

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“最美丽的一堆破布”：19 世纪匈牙利旅行描述中的罗姆人服装和脱衣

摘要 戴维斯研究了主要由访问匈牙利的英国作家撰写的旅行叙述中对罗姆服装的描述，匈牙利被认为是 19 世纪特别“纯”罗姆文化的发源地。旅行描述为英国公众、流行小说作者和吉普赛学家提供了有关东欧人民的重要信息来源。然而，大多数旅行者与罗马相处的时间很少。因此，他们用来自当地线人的信息和 Gipsiologists 的文本补充了表面细节的描述，例如罗姆人的服装。根据这些来源，旅行者将罗姆人的服装民族化，展示了东方主义和贫穷、懒惰、放荡、忽视、虚荣和本质主义的比喻。进行中，