Bohemianism is a social and cultural movement that has, at its core, a way of life away from society's conventional norms and expectations. The term originates from the French bohème and spread to the English-sp… See more

Literary and artistic bohemians were associated in the French imagination with the roving Roma people, often pejoratively referred to as "gypsies". Romani were called bohémiens in French because they were believ… See more