Gypsies - 9781138975620

Name: Gypsies - 9781138975620
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

This book of interdisciplinary readings on Gypsies is sensitive to the Romani point of view and avoids exoticizing or patronizing the Gypsies and their culture. Recurrent themes in the readings include: the historical oppression of the Gypsies including contemporary xenophobia and violence; the nonstatic, heterogeneous nature of Gypsy cultures; the persistence of racist stereotypes; and personal and institutional Gypsy/non-Gypsy relationships. Nearly all of the classic essays updated for this volume tell stories of the persistance of the Roma in the face of savage atrocities and appalling living conditions. > Introduction * Gypsy Studies , Researching Finnish Gypsies: Advice from a Gypsy, Saga Weckman * Politics, Social Change, History , Looking at Roma: The Case of Czechoslovakia, Will Guy * Romania's Hidden Victims, Dan Pavel * Police Perception of Gypsies in Finland, Martti Grsnfors * Germans and Gypsies, Gabrielle Tyrnauer * Language Duty and Beauty, Possession and Truth: Lext