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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781199603321

Titolo

All change! : Romani studies through Romani eyes / / editors, Damian Le Bas, Thomas Acton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hatfield [U.K.] : , : University Of Hertfordshire Press, , 2010

ISBN

1-905313-90-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (97 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

Le BasDamian

ActonT. A (Thomas Alan)

Disciplina

305.891497

941/.00491497

Soggetti

Romanies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Copyright; I am the common Rom; Contents; Editor's preface by Damian Le Bas; Introduction: a new turning point in the debates over the history and origins of Roma/Gypsies/Travelers 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 The possible implications of diasporic consciousness for Romani identity by Damian Le Bas; The importance of the Romany and Traveler 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, Travelers, and Sinti ... pick a name and stick with it, already! by Gregor Dufunia Kwiek

Sommario/riassunto

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.