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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784060503321

Autore

Lemon Alaina <1965->

Titolo

Between two fires : Gypsy performance and Romani memory from Pushkin to post-socialism / / Alaina Lemon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Durham, NC, : Duke University Press, 2000

ISBN

0-8223-8132-X

9786612903977

1-282-90397-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 308 pages) : illustrations, 1 map

Disciplina

947.00491497

Soggetti

Romanies - Russia (Federation) - History

Performing arts - Russia (Federation)

Russia (Federation) Ethnic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-292) and index.

Nota di contenuto

1 Pushkin, The Gypsies, and Russian Imperial Nostalgia -- 2 Roma, Race, and Post-Soviet Markets -- 3 "What Is Your Nation"?: Performing Romani Distinctions -- 4 The Gypsy Stage, Socialism, and Authenticity -- 5 The Hidden Nail: Memory, Loyalty, and Models of Revelation -- 6 "Roma" and "Gazhje": Shifting Terms -- 7 Conclusion: At Home in Russia -- Appendix A: Roma and Other Tsygane in the Commonwealth of Independent States -- Appendix B: Dialect Diff erences -- Appendix C: Vlax-Lovari Romani Glossary.

Sommario/riassunto

The gypsies of Russia and the part they have played in both Soviet and Post-Soviet society.