Liv med motgångar : en resandpojks berättelse

• Main Author: Lundqvist, Britt-Inger
• Format: Others
• Language: Swedish
• Published: Högskolan på Gotland, Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap 2012
• Subjects: Traveller; school; emancipation; marriage; divorce; disease; stroke; sorrow; ethnology; narrative; life story; Resande; skola; frigörelse; äktenskap; skilsmässa; sjukdom; sorg; etnologi; narrativ; livsberättelse
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hgo:diva-1526

This is a life story about a man, Victor, and his life. He was born into a family of travellers, this has been a very important part of his upbringing, socializing and how society has viewed him. The purpose of this essay is to discuss how a society's values, and the changes in these values, are manifested in a life story. A person’s identity is created in the situations one is in and in the relationships with ones social contacts. A person has not just one, but several different identities that coexist and are highlighted depending on the situations in which we find ourselves. I will look for traces of such identity formation in Viktor's life story. The environments vary continuously in the story as Viktor has moved often. Friends and wives also vary, but the family and relatives are always available. In Viktor's life, there is rootlessness and a feeling of being rejected or treated with hostility. It is only when Victor falls ill that community and the health care give him the respect that everyone deserves. I wonder if these changes are linked to the fact that Viktor is traveller or if there are other reasons for them?