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1 online resource (83 pages) |
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Contents; Editor's preface by Damian Le Bas; Introduction: a new turning point in the debates over the history and origins of Roma/Gypsies/Travellers by Professor Thomas Acton; Mind the doors! The contribution of linguistics by Professor Ian Hancock; The Gypsies in Turkey: history, ethnicity and identity an action research strategy in practice by Dr Adrian Marsh; Knowing Gypsies by Dr Brian Belton; The construction of the history of the Roma in the 'Great Land' (Russia): notions of Roma history and identity in Imperial, Soviet and post-Soviet Russia by Valdemar Kalinin |
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The possible implications of diasporic consciousness for Romani identity by Damian Le BasThe importance of the Romany and Traveller Family History Society (RTFHS) by Janet Keet-Black; The RTFHS: a special family history society by Michael Wayne Jones; Afterword: Rom, Roma, Romani, Kale, Gypsies, Travellers, and Sinti pick a name and stick with it, already! by Gregor Dufunia Kwiek |
| Summary |
The welcome emergence of a Gypsy/Roma/Traveller academic and intellectual community has stimulated new reflections on and reassessments of many of the established ideas surrounding Romani history and culture. New questions are being asked and, in turn, new critical challenges have arisen, in part because, for these individuals, Gypsy identity has never been something exotic and Other, but their own. This volume offers new perspectives on the Romani experience from voices that speak with authority and authenticity. Eminent scholar Professor Ian Hancock (University of Texas at Austin) explores h |
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Romanies.
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Roma
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- General.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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Romanies
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Romer.
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Etnicitet.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Le Bas, Damian
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Acton, T. A. (Thomas Alan)
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| ISBN |
9781905313907 |
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190531390X |
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1905313780 |
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9781905313785 |
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