Tramp - Wikipedia

A tramp is a long-term homeless person who travels from place to place as a vagrant, traditionally walking all year round. A romanticized tramp depicted in ... Tramp FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch Long-termhomelessperson Thisarticleisaboutvagrantswhotravelonfoot.Forotheruses,seeTramp(disambiguation). Aromanticizedtrampdepictedinan1899U.S.poster Atrampisalong-termhomelesspersonwhotravelsfromplacetoplaceasavagrant,traditionallywalkingallyearround. Contents 1Etymology 2History 3Meaningpromiscuouswoman 4Specificdefinitions 5Inotherlanguages 6Seealso 7References 8Externallinks Etymology[edit] TrampisderivedfromaMiddleEnglishverbmeaningto"walkwithheavyfootsteps"(cf.modernEnglishtrample)and"togohiking". InBritainthetermwaswidelyusedtorefertovagrantsintheearlyVictorianperiod.ThesocialreporterHenryMayhewreferstoitinhiswritingsofthe1840sand1850s.By1850thewordwaswellestablished.InthatyearMayhewdescribed"thedifferentkindsofvagrantsortramps"tobefoundinBritain,alongwiththe"differenttrampers'housesinLondonorthecountry".Hedistinguishedseveraltypesoftramps,rangingfromyoungpeoplefleeingfromabusivefamilies,throughtopeoplewhomadetheirlivingaswanderingbeggarsandprostitutes.[1] IntheUnitedStates,thewordbecamefrequentlyusedduringtheAmericanCivilWar,todescribethewidelysharedexperienceofundertakinglongmarches,oftenwithheavypacks.Useofthewordasanounisthoughttohavebegunshortlyafterthewar.Afewveteranshaddevelopedalikingforthe"calloftheroad".Othersmayhavebeentootraumatisedbywartimeexperiencetoreturntosettledlife.[2] History[edit] Mainarticle:Vagrancy "ATramp'sNestinLudlowStreet",HowtheOtherHalfLives:StudiesAmongtheTenementsofNewYork(1890),byJacobRiis Wanderershaveexistedsinceancienttimes.Themodernconceptofthe"tramp"emergeswiththeexpansionofindustrialtownsintheearlynineteenthcentury,withtheconsequentincreaseinmigrantlaborandpressureonhousing.Thecommonlodginghouseor"dosshouse"developedtoaccommodatetransients.Urbanisationalsoledtoanincreaseinformsofhighlymarginalizedcasuallabor.Mayhewidentifiestheproblemof"tramping"asaparticularproductoftheeconomiccrisisofthe1840sknownastheHungryForties.JohnBurnettarguesthatinearlierperiodsofeconomicstability"tramping"involvedawanderingexistence,movingfromjobtojobwhichwasacheapwayofexperiencingadventuresbeyondthe"boredomandbondageofvillagelife".[3] ThenumberoftransienthomelesspeopleincreasedmarkedlyintheU.S.aftertheindustrialrecessionoftheearly1870s.Initially,theterm"tramp"hadabroadmeaning,andwasoftenusedtorefertomigrantworkerswhowerelookingforpermanentworkandlodgings.Laterthetermacquiredanarrowermeaning,toreferonlytothosewhopreferthetransientwayoflife.[2]Writingin1877AllanPinkertonsaid: "Thetramphasalwaysexistedinsomeformorother,andhewillcontinueonhiswanderingsuntiltheendoftime;butthereisnoquestionthathehascomeintopublicnotice,particularlyinAmerica,toagreaterextentduringthepresentdecadethaneverbefore."[4] From1896tothelastissuein1953,thecoverpageoftheBritishcomicIllustratedChipsfeaturedacomicstripofthetrampsWearyWillieandTiredTim,withitsreadersincludingayoungCharlieChaplin(whowouldbecomefamousastheTramp).[5] AuthorBartKennedy,aself-describedtrampof1900America,oncesaid"Ilistentothetramp,trampofmyfeet,andwonderwhereIwasgoing,andwhyIwasgoing."[6][7]JohnSutherland(1989)saidthatKennedy"isoneoftheearlyadvocatesof'tramping',asthesourceofliteraryinspiration."[7] Thetrampbecameacharactertropeinvaudevilleperformanceinthelate19thcenturyintheUnitedStates.LewBloomclaimedhewas"thefirststagetrampinthebusiness".[8] Meaningpromiscuouswoman[edit] Perhapsbecausefemaletrampswereoftenregardedasprostitutes,intheUnitedStatestheterm"tramp"cametorefertoapromiscuouswoman.However,thisisnotaglobalusage.[9]AccordingtoAustralianlinguistKateBurridge,thetermshiftedtowardsthismeaninginthe1920s,havingpreviouslypredominantlyreferredtomen,itfollowedthepathofothersimilargenderneutralwords(suchas"slag")tohavingspecificreferencetofemalesexuallaxity.[10] Thewordisalsoused,withambiguousirony,intheclassic1937RodgersandHartsong"TheLadyIsaTramp",whichisaboutawealthymemberofNewYorkhighsocietywhochoosesavagabondlifein"hobohemia".[11]OthersongswithimplicitorexplicitreferencetothisusageincludeTheSonofHickoryHoller'sTrampandGypsys,Tramps&Thieves. Specificdefinitions[edit] TheUSStateofMississippi,until2018,[12]hadaspecificdefinitionfor"tramps",whichwasacriminaloffense.[13]"Anymalepersonover16yearsofage,andnotblind,whoshallgoaboutfromplacetoplacebeggingandaskingsubsistencebycharity,andallwhostrolloverthecountrywithoutlawfuloccasion,andcangivenoaccountoftheirconductconsistentwithgoodcitizenship,shallbeheldtobetramps. Everyperson,onconvictionofbeingatramp,shallbepunishedbyafineofnotmorethan$50,orimprisonmentinthecountyjailnotmorethanonemonth,orboth." Inotherlanguages[edit] InFrench,"clochard"isatermforthehomeless,especiallyinFrenchcities.[14]ThetermisoftenassociatedwiththeromanticizingimageofapersonwhohasgivenuphisbourgeoisexistenceforafreelifeundertheSeinebridgesinParis.[15] Seealso[edit] Backpackertourism,aformoflow-cost,independenttravel Bum(disambiguation) ChristopherMcCandless,anAmericanhikerknownas"AlexanderSupertramp"andthesubjectofthebiographyIntotheWild. DownandOutinParisandLondon,amemoirofGeorgeOrwell'sexperiencesasatrampinLondon Swagman,anAustralianitinerantlabourer TheTramp,afamouscomiccharactercreatedbyCharlieChaplin Trampart,astyleofwoodworking Tramptrade,shipswithnofixeditinerarythatcontractonavoyage-by-voyagebasis. W.H.Davies,aBritishtrampandlaterauthorofTheAutobiographyofaSuper-TrampintheUK References[edit] ^"VictorianLondon-Publications-SocialInvestigation/Journalism-TheMorningChronicle :LabourandthePoor,1849-50;HenryMayhew-LetterXXX".victorianlondon.org. ^abDePastino,Todd(2005).CitizenHobo:HowaCenturyofHomelessnessShapedAmerica.UniversityofChicagoPress.pp. 1–48.ISBN 0226143791. ^Burnett,J.,IdleHands:TheExperienceofUnemployment,1790-1990,Routledge,2002,p.128. ^Pinkerton,Allan(1877).Strikers,Communists,TrampsandDetectives,NewYork:G.W.Carleton&Co. ^Murray,Chris(2017).TheBritishSuperhero.UniversityPressofMississippi.p. 22. ^Kennedy,Bart(1900).Amanadrift:beingleavesfromanomad'sportfolio.Chicago:H.S.Stone.p. 161. ^abJohnSutherland."Kennedy,Bart"inCompaniontoVictorianLiterature.StanfordUniversityPress,1989. ^DePastino,Todd.CitizenHobo:HowaCenturyofHomelessnessShapedAmerica.Chicago:UniversityofChicagoPress,2003:157 ^"trampdefinition,meaning-whatistrampintheBritishEnglishDictionary&Thesaurus-CambridgeDictionariesOnline".cambridge.org. ^KateBurridge,BloomingEnglish:ObservationsontheRoots,CultivationandHybridsoftheEnglishLanguage,CambridgeUniversityPress,2004,p.60. ^GaryMarmorstein,AShipWithoutASail:TheLifeofLorenzHart,SimonandSchuster,2013,p.298. ^"MississippiHB668|2018|RegularSession". ^Gates,JimmieE."DidyouknowMississippistillcanpenalizeyouforbeinghomeless?".TheClarion-Ledger.Retrieved2020-10-23. ^"Clochard".Online-Duden. ^Steinhilber,Jochen(1996).FrankDeppe;Hans-JürgenBieling(eds.).SchlankeMarianne?.ArbeitslosigkeitundWohlfahrtsstaatinWesteuropa.NeunLänderimVergleich(inGerman).VSVerlagfürSozialwissenschaften.p. 109.ISBN 3-8100-1653-5. Externallinks[edit] LookuptrampinWiktionary,thefreedictionary. WikimediaCommonshasmediarelatedtotramps. QuotationsrelatedtoTrampatWikiquote BBCWalesfeatureontrampsasgentlemenoftheroadfrom1964 Tramp'ssigns,symbolsandslang "WaitingforaTrain"ExcerptfromDouglasHarper'sGoodCompany:ATrampLife(2006)[1986]ISBN 978-1-59451-184-4 InStrangeCompany,byJamesGreenwood,1874-ATramptotheDerby InSearchoftheAmericanHoboatvirginia.edu Authoritycontrol:Nationallibraries Germany UnitedStates Retrievedfrom"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tramp&oldid=1090308043" Categories:HomelessnessItinerantliving1840sneologismsVagrancyHiddencategories:CS1German-languagesources(de)ArticleswithshortdescriptionShortdescriptionmatchesWikidataCommonscategorylinkisonWikidataArticleswithGNDidentifiersArticleswithLCCNidentifiers Navigationmenu Personaltools NotloggedinTalkContributionsCreateaccountLogin Namespaces ArticleTalk English Views ReadEditViewhistory More Search Navigation MainpageContentsCurrenteventsRandomarticleAboutWikipediaContactusDonate Contribute HelpLearntoeditCommunityportalRecentchangesUploadfile Tools WhatlinkshereRelatedchangesUploadfileSpecialpagesPermanentlinkPageinformationCitethispageWikidataitem Print/export DownloadasPDFPrintableversion Inotherprojects WikimediaCommons Languages CymraegDeutschFrançaisNorskbokmålSvenskaTiếngViệt Editlinks