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has an annotated
bibliography of books, articles, periodicals, and various collections
which provide background information on the Roma and their socio-economic,
political and legal history.
Another excellent bibliography is located at Sergio
Franzese's O
Vurdón web site at http://geocities.datacellar.net/Athens/Bridge/5847/02.htm.
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Books
(Listed Alphabetically by Author)
Acton, Thomas, editor. Gypsy
Politics and Traveller Identity (Hertfordshire
Press, 1997) A companion volume to Romani Culture and Gypsy Identity,
this collection of essays looks at the political interactions between Gypsy
groups and host societies which shape patterns of discrimination and disadvantage.
Highly recommended.
Acton, Thomas and Dalphinis,
Morgan. Language, Blacks and Gypsies: Languages without a Written Tradition
and Their Role in Education (Latchmere Press, 1998) ISBN 190109006X.
Acton, Thomas, editor.
Romani
Culture and Gypsy Identity (Hertfordshire
Press, 1997) A companion volume to Gypsy Politics and Traveller
Identity, this collection of essays examines the emergence of
Romani culture into the public arena of literature and art. Highly recommended.
Acton, Thomas and Kenrick,
Donald. Romani Rokkeripen To-Divvus: The English Romani Dialect and
Its Contemporary Social, Educational and Linguistic Standing (Romanestan
Publications, 1984)
Acton, Thomas. Surviving
Peoples: Gypsies (Silver Burdett, 1982) Part of the Surviving Peoples
Library for young adult readers, this is a beautifully prepared book. Also
recommended as a primer for adults who are not familiar with the Roma.
Acton, Thomas
and Gallant, David. Threatened Cultures: Romanichal Gypsies (Wayland
Publishers, 1997). This is another beautifully prepared book by Thomas
Acton, with many photographs by David Gallant of the Romanichal in England
and the United States. Of course, this book is written for children, but
it is also recommended as a primer for adults who are not familiar with
the Romanichal Gypsies.
Adelsberger, Lucie et
al. Auschwitz
: A Doctor's Story (Northeastern University Press, 1995) The memoir
of a woman Jewish Holocaust survivor who worked as a physician in the infirmary
of the Gypsy Camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Alfaro, Antonio Gomez.
The
Great Gypsy Roundup (Editorial
Presencia Gitana, 1995). The terrible story of the roundup and imprisonment
of Gypsies in Spain in 1749 including the argument that Gypsies were a
danger to society used to justify the roundup, the carrying out of the
roundup and the events which followed before the granting of a pardon in
1763 and their eventual release some two years later. The Great Gypsy
Roundup has been translated into English from the Spanish and is extensively
illustrated with contemporary engravings, maps and manuscripts.
Alt, Betty and Folts,
Silvia.
Weeping
Violins: The Gypsy Tragedy in Europe (Thomas Jefferson University
Press, 1996) An examination of the Porrajmos, the persecution of
the Roma leading to the Holocaust, and events afterwards. Silvia Folts
is the daughter of a Rom survivor of Auschwitz.
Asséo, Henriette.
Les
Tsiganes: une destinée Européenne (Paris: Éditions
Découvertes Gallimard, 1994)
Benites, Arlene K. Gypsies:
Their Health and Life Events (ABBE Publications, 1998) Index of new
information. ISBN: 0788320289.
Boretzky,
Norbert, and Igla, Birgit. Wörterbuch Romani Deutsch Englisch
(Harrassowitz Verlag, 1994) A dictionary of the southeast European Romani
dialects with German and English translations. ISBN: 3447034599.
Borrow,
George. The Zincali: An Account of the
Gypsies in Spain (London: John Murray, 1841) Although written
over 150 years ago, this work provides insight to the character of the
Gitanos,
or Kalé, and of a life long gone. Some sections of the book
may be offensive to some Roma, but these sections should be viewed in the
context of the times the author was writing.
Crowe,
David M. A
History of the Gypsies of Eastern Europe and Russia (St. Martin's
Griffin, 1996) A sobering examination of the mistreatment of Romani in
eastern Europe from the Middle Ages to the present.
Crowe, David, and Kolsti,
John.The
Gypsies of Eastern Europe (M.E. Sharpe, 1991). A collection of
ten essays about Roma history. Highly recommended.
Cruickshank,
Ian. Django's
Gypsies: The Mystique of Django Reinhardt and his People (Ashley
Mark, 1994) A collection of photographs, illustrations, memorabilia and
quotations. This book conveys Django's unique place in the history of jazz
music, and his impact on the musical development of guitarists all over
the world.
Danbakli, Marielle editor.
On
Gypsies: Texts issued by International Institutions (CRDP, 1994).
A collection of texts, in a single handy volume, issued by the European
Community (the Council and the European Parliament), the Council of Europe
(including the Committee of Europe, CLARAE, CAHID and the CDCC) and other
international institutions including the Conference on Security and Co-operation
in Europe, the United Nations and the UN High Commission for Refugees.
Davies, Jennifer. Tales
of the Old Gypsies (David and Charles, 1999) ISBN: 0715307029.
Feher, Gyorgy. Struggling
for Ethnic Identity: The Gypsies of Hungary (Human
Rights Watch, 1993) A disproportionate number of Roma are unemployed,
and are the victims of discriminatory labor practices. They are increasingly
singled out as targets of violence by skinheads and other militant nationalists,
and public authorities have not responded adequately.
Ficowski, Jerzy. The
Gypsies in Poland: History and Customs, translated by Eileen Healey
(Interpress, 1991) Beautifully illustrated with 255 plates.
Fings, Karola
et al. From
"Race Science" to the Camps: the Gypsies during the Second World War
(Hertfordshire Press,
1997). This work aims to assist a broad understanding of the persecution
of the Gypsies by the Third Reich, showing that Gypsies were no more "foreigners"
or "marginals" than the Jews. Translated from German by Donald Kenrick.
Highly recommended.
Fonseca,
Isabel. Bury
Me Standing: The Gypsies and their Journey (Alfred A. Knopf,
1995) Critics have been both receptive and harsh to this controversial
bestseller. Read a review by Leslie Gross, Gryphon
book review editor.
Fraser,
Angus.
The
Gypsies(Blackwell, 1992) An outstanding presentation of the history
of the Roma by this noted scholar. Highly recommended.
Fricke, Thomas. Zigeuner
im Zeitalter des Absolutismus: Bilanz einer einseitigen Überlieferung
(Centaurus, Pfaffenw., 1996) 642 pages. ISBN: 3825500632.
Greenfield,
Howard. Gypsies
(Crown Publishers, 1977) Includes Roma history, traditions, customs, occupations,
and the impact of modernity on traditional life.
Hancock,
Ian.
The Pariah Syndrome: An Account of
Gypsy Slavery and Persecution (Karoma, 1987) This book is the first
major English-language account detailing evidence of hundreds of years
of Romani slavery and persecution. Highly recommended.
Hancock,
Ian.
A
Handbook of Vlax Romani (Slavica, 1995) This grammar book of
Vlax
Romani describes the grammar and pronunciation of the most widely spoken
group of Romani dialects in laymen's terms, and discusses the history and
migration of the Roma from India to Europe.
Hancock, Ian et al,
editors.
The
Roads of the Roma: a PEN Anthology of Gypsy Writers (Hertfordshire
Press, 1998) In this unique anthology, Romani poets and writers from
twenty countries address this devastating legacy. Forty-three poems and
prose extracts, most appearing in English for the first time, are arranged
alongside an 800-year chronology of repression. Highly recommended.
Hawes, Derek. Gypsies,
Travellers and the Health Service: A Study in Inequality (Policy
Press, 1997) ISBN: 1861340664.
Hawes, Derek and Perez,
Barbara. The
Gypsy and the State: The Ethnic Cleansing of British Society (Policy
Press, 1996) This 2nd edition tracks the impact of the 1994 Criminal Justice
Bill and Public Order Act on the lives and fortunes of Gypsies in Britain.
The authors argue that the discrimination the Gypsies face derives largely
from legislation framed to assist them. A major new chapter places
the Gypsy experience in the context of the race and prejudice debate and
offers some explanations for the hostility and antagonism which itinerant
families face.
Hornby,
John.Gypsies(Henry
Z. Walck, 1967) This book is part of The Byways Library for young adult
readers. Although written for young readers, this book is recommended for
all ages.
Human Rights Watch/Helsinki
Watch.
Destroying
Ethnic Identity: The Persecution of Gypsies in Romania (Human
Rights Watch, 1991) The escalation of ethnic violence against Roma
in Romania since the 1989 revolution is responsible for the rise in ethnic
consciousness, claims this report. Describes the emergence of Roma political
parties, cultural unions and newspapers as the unintended consequence of
the rise in ethnic hatred and violence against the Roma.
Human Rights Watch/Helsinki
Watch.
Rights
Denied: The Roma of Hungary (Human
Rights Watch, 1996) Describes the major social and structural upheavals
in Hungarian society since the collapse of Communism, coupled with increasingly
open discrimination, and its disproportionately large and negative impact
on Roma, whose low social status, lack of access to education, and isolation
make them relatively unable to defend themselves and their interests.
Human Rights Watch/Helsinki
Watch.
Destroying
Ethnic Identity: The Gypsies of Bulgaria (Human
Rights Watch, 1991) Despite the political changes that have occurred
in Bulgaria since Todor Zhivkov's resignation in November 1989, Gypsies
continue to be the target of discrimination, as they have been throughout
the country's history.
Huszar, Tibor, et al.
Gypsies/Cigani
(Gemini, 1995) Collection of photographs. ISBN: 8071610712.
Ioanid, Radu. The
Holocaust in Romania : The Destruction of Jews and Gypsies Under the Antonescu
Regime, 1940-1944 (Ivan R Dee, Inc., 1999)
Jones,
E. Alan. Yorkshire Gypsy Fairs: Customs and Caravans 1885-1985 (Hutton
Press Ltd., 1986). Gypsy fairs in Yorkshire and the north of England with
photographs. ISBN 0907033431.
Kenrick,
Donald.
Gypsies
from India to the Mediterranean (CRDP, 1993) Covers the exodus
from India in the 10th century and subsequent settlements and wanderings
across Europe.
Kenrick,
Donald and Bakewell, Sian. On the Verge: the Gypsies of England
(Hertfordshire Press,
1995). The second edition of this book describes the Gypsies of England,
the stereotypes that abound, and contains legislation that has been brought
in to control their movements and their relationships with the police as
well as local and central government agencies.
Kenrick, Donald and
Clark, Colin. Moving
On: The Gypsies and Travellers of Britain (Hertfordshire
Press, 1999). This book can reasonably claim to be the only pocketbook
guide to the struggle of Gypsies to survive as a people in Britain today
and includes chapters on Wales, Scotland and New Travellers. It provides
an excellent starting point for students undertaking projects. The appendices
are a valuable part of the book and the illustrations help to show the
reality of life as a Gypsy at the turn of the Millennium.
Kenrick,
Donald, and Puxon, Grattan. Gypsies
under the Swastika (Hertfordshire
Press, 1995). Explains how the Roma have been
either chased, enslaved, or exterminated everywhere they have attempted
to settle. Highly recommended.
Kenrick, Donald, and
Taylor, Gillian. Historical
Dictionary of the Gypsies (Romanies) (Scarecrow Press, 1998). Part
of the European Historical Dictionaries series edited by Jon Woronoff.
Includes a chronology of Gypsy history, and appendices of populations and
important international resolutions. The dictionary itself covers
all of the European countries and serves as a Who's Who of important Roma.
Highly recommended.
Kenrick, Donald, ed.
The
Gypsies During the Second World War, Vol. 2: In the Shadow of the Swastika.
(Hertfordshire Press,
1999). Examines the persecution of the Romanies and Sinti in some of the
countries occupied by Germany and its fascist allies. Includes chapters
by specialists on the internment of Gypsies in France, Italy, the Austrian
Burgenland, Bulgaria, two internment camps for Gypsies in the Czech lands,
Gypsies in Romania and a final chapter on the massacre of Gypsies in the
Soviet Union and the Baltic States during the Nazi invasion. Includes a
glossary, a detailed chronology, bibliography and a postscript by the editor,
Donald Kenrick. Extensively illustrated with contemporary photographs,
maps, drawings and reproductions of key documents.
Koudelka, Josef. Gypsies
(Aperature Foundation, 1992) Photographer Josef Koudelkas visits Romani
settlements in Czechoslovakia, mostly during the 1960s, starkly depicting
the desolate conditions forced upon them by the Czechoslovakian government.
Excellent historical text by Willy Guy.
Kuznetsova, Lialia and
Moruth, Inge.
Shaking
the Dust of Ages: Gypsies and Wanderers of the Asian Steppe (Aperture
Foundation, 1998) A portrait of Gypsies and other wanderers of central
Asia in the late 1970s, when Lialia Kuznetsova began photographing the
people of her native Kazakhstan.
Leblon, Bernard and
Shuinear, Sinaed. Gypsies and Flamenco: the Emergence of the Art of
Flamenco in Andalusia (Hertfordshire
Press, 1998) Traces the development of Gypsy music during the long
migration of professional Gypsy musicians from India to Spain. Part two
describes the tragic history of the forced settlements and repression of
the Gypsies from the end of their "Golden Age" in the time of Ferdinand
and Isabella. The decisive role of a small number of Gypsy families in
Lower Andalusia in the development of flamenco music is covered in part
three.
Lee, Patrick Jasper.
We
Borrow the Earth (Thorsons Publishers, 2000) A first-hand account
of Romani-Gypsy life.
Lemon, Alaina. Between
Two Fires : Gypsy Performance and Romani Memory from Pushkin to Post-Socialism
(Duke University Press, 2000) An ethnography based on extensive fieldwork
in Russia during the 1990s, focusing on Moscow Romani Theater actors, as
well as Romani traders and metalworkers. Lemon analyzes the role of performance
and theatricality in Romani social life in memory.
Lewy, Guenther, editor.
The
Nazi Persecution of the Gypsies (Oxford University Press, 2000)
Read a review of this book by Ian Hancock.
Liegeois, Jean-Pierre.
Roma
Gypsies: a European Minority (Minority Rights Group, 1995)
Liegeois, Jean-Pierre.
Roma,
Gypsies, Travellers (Council of Europe, 1994)
Aimed at teachers, teacher trainers, group leaders and social workers,
at those involved in the formulation and implementation of policy at local,
regional and national level, and anyone wishing to improve their understanding
of the issues concerned. Also useful in helping Gypsy and Traveller organisations
to access and convey information to their social and political environment.
Liegeois, Jean-Pierre.
School
Provision for Ethnic Minorities: the Gypsy Paradigm (Hertfordshire
Press, 1998) This is a new edition of the highly influential Synthesis
Report commissioned by the European Commission and published in 1986. This
report, based on national reports by experts in each of the member states,
led to the Resolution on school provision for Gypsy and Traveller Children
to the Council and Ministers of Education which was adopted on the 22 May
1989.
Liegeois,
Jean-Pierre. Gypsies,
An Illustrated History (Al Saqi Books, 1986) An examination of
the Roma throughout history, leading to a survey of international Roma
organizations. Thomas Acton and Donald Kenrick assisted in the English
version of this book. Highly recommended.
Lloyd, Walter. How
to Build a Bow Top (Woodmanship, Ltd., 1999) Instructions, specifications,
photographs and general information on building a traditional horse-drawn
Gypsy caravan. 29 pp. ISBN 0953523802.
Locke, Sue. Travelling
Light: The Remarkable Story of Gypsy Revival (Hodder and Stoughton,
1997) Describes the Gypsy Christian Revival Movement in the UK. ISBN 0340671092.
Lockwood, William and
Salo, Sheila.
Gypsies
and Travelers in North America, An Annotated Bibliography (Gypsy
Lore Society, 1994) A comprehensive bibliography of Roma in North America,
with brief annotations, with separate indexes for subject, ethnic group,
geography, and chronology.
McDowell,
Bart. Gypsies:
Wanderers of the World (National Geographic Society, 1970) Bart
McDowell and Clifford Lee (an English Romnichal) travel from England
through Europe, and finally to India, in an attempt to trace the origins
of the first Roma.
McLane,
Merril F. Proud
Outcasts: The Gypsies of Spain (Carderock Press, 1987) An absorbing
account of the Gitanos of the caves of Guadix and the oppression
they endure from payos society.
Marushiakova, Elena
and Popov, Vesselin.
Gypsies
(Roma) in Bulgaria (Peter Lang Verlag, 1997). This book is the
first monographic research on the history, ethnography, and social structure
of the Roma in Bulgaria, based on data collected during many years of field
research.
Matras,
Yaron (ed.). Romani
in Contact: The History, Structure and Sociology of a Language
(John Benjamins Publishing, 1995)
Matras, Yaron et al.
The
Typology and Dialectology of Romani (John Benjamins Publishing,
1997) This volume reflects developments in the typology and dialectology
of Romani, in particular the four main groups: Balkan, Vlach, Central and
Northern. It aims to point out features of Romani which are likely to be
of interest to general linguists in the context of studies of universal
properties of language.
Mayall, David. English
Gypsies and State Policies (Hertfordshire
Press, 1995) Surveys Roma persecution in Europe, describing the attempts
of the English central government to control Roma through legislation.
Provides details on the different strategies local governments have used
to control the "Gypsy menace."
Mayall, David. Gypsy-Travellers
in Nineteenth-Century Society (Cambridge, 1988) Historical interpretation
of the lives of British Gypsy-travellers reveals their isolation from major
economic developments and consequent clash with 19th century social structures
and mores.
Morris, Rachel and Clements,
Luke. Gaining
Ground: Law Reform for Gypsies and Travellers (Hertfordshire
Press, 1999) ISBN 0900458984.
Muller-Hill, Benno.
Murderous
Science: Elimination by Scientific Selection of Jews, Gypsies, and Others
in Germany, 1933-1945 (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1997)
Oppersdorff, Mathias.
People
of the Road: The Irish Travellers (Syracuse University, 1997) A
collection of black and white photos of Irish Travellers, large families
who have lived in caravans and tents on the open road for generations.
Faces of several Traveller families from the 1960s to the 1990s tell the
story of the transition from the road to housing projects and trailer parks.
An introduction of several pages by the photographer is the only text.
Polansky, Paul. Black
Silence: The Lety Survivors Speak (G Plus G, 1998) In 1994 the
Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Office of the President engaged
in a cover-up trying to convince American writer Paul Polansky that there
were no longer any living survivors of Lety, the World War II Romany (Gypsy)
death camp in southern Bohemia. Polansky found more than a hundred Lety
survivors still living today in the Czech Republic. The stories collected
here are the result of his interviews with those survivors.
Polansky, Paul. Living
Through It Twice: Poems of the Romany Holocaust (G Plus G, 1998)
Postma, Koos. Changing
Prejudice in Hungary: Study in the Collapse of State Socialism and its
Impact on Prejudice Against Gypsies and Jews (Thesis Publishers,
1996) ISBN: 9051703805.
Quintana, Bertha B.
and Lois Gray Floyd. Qué
Gitano! Gypsies of Southern Spain (Waveland
Press, 1986) An examination of the Gitanos of Andalusia, their culture,
history and problems.
Ramati, Alexander. And
the Violins Stopped Playing: A Story of the Gypsy Holocaust (Franklin
Watts, 1986) The story of Roman Mirga and his family, from 1942 Warsaw
to Auschwitz, based closely on suppressed and refuted, hardly-known historical
facts.
Randhawa, T. S. The
Last Wanderers: Nomads and Gypsies of India (University of Washington
Press, 1996) These are groups that exist on the fringes of Indian society,
least understood and noted, subtly very much a part of it. The photographs
are evocative of their unique life-style. The text includes many historical
facts, myths and legends; descriptions about their religious beliefs, social
organisation, clan festivities and their present existence.
Reemtsma, Katrin. Sinti
und Roma: Geschichte, Kultur, Gegenwart (Verlag C.H. Beck, 1996)
ISBN: 3406392555.
Rinser, Luise. Wer
wirft den Stein? Zigeuner sein in Deutschland (Ebner Ulm, 1987) ISBN:
3548343910.
Riordan, James. Russian
Gypsy Tales (Interlink, 1992) From the International Folk Tales
Series, these 36 stories "lift just a corner of the curtain that obscures
Russian Rom traditions, mysteries, and beliefs." Black-and-white ilustrations,
and a few old photographs of Gypsies, decorate the book.
Roma Community and Advocacy
Centre. Kanadake-Romane Mirikle - Canadian
Romani Pearls. (Roma Community
and Advocacy Centre, Toronto, 1999) A collection of poems by Canadian-born
Roma, Roma immigrants and Roma refugees. Also includes an historical overview
of Romani poetry/ballads in Canada, an article on Kali Sara or Saint Sara,
the Romani Anthem in English and Romani, an account of the formation of
the Romani Union on April 8, 1971 where the anthem, the Romani flag and
the resolution to approach the United Nations for NGO Status were officially
adopted, and a glossary of Romani words.
Rose, Romani. Den
Rauch hatten wir täglich vor Augen: Der nationalsozialistische Völkermord
an den Sinti und Roma. (Verlag Wunderhorn, 1998) 400 Seiten. ISBN:
3884231421.
Rosenberg, Otto. A
Gypsy in Auschwitz. (Hidden Places Pub, 1999) Rosenberg, a Sinti,
tells of his family's wartime experiences. ISBN: 1902809025
Sibley, David. Outsiders
in Urban Societies (Blackwell, 1981) Examines the marginal position
of Gypsies in Great Britain and the impact it has on their social and living
conditions.
Slavov, Atanas. Gypsy-English/English-Gypsy
Concise Dictionary (Hippocrene Books, 1999) The Bulgarian Romani
dialects are of special interest to anyone who is curious about Roma and
the Romani language, one of the major Indic languages. Bulgarian Roma speak
a dialect that is easily understood by Roma speaking other dialects, as
well as by Roma all over the world. This unique dictionary reflects the
vocabulary of two Bulgarian Romani dialects: the Sofia Erli dialect and
the dialect of the Christian Roma of Sliven.
State Museum Of Auschwitz-Birkenau
Staff. Memorial Book:
The Gypsies at Auschwitz-Birkenau (K.G.Saur, 1993) Hardcover, two
volumes with over 1800 pages. Preface by Romani Rose. Based on records
that were produced for the administrative body of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the
largest of all the Nazi death camps.
Stewart, Michael. The
Time of the Gypsies (Westview Press, 1997) The core of this book
is based on the author's eighteen months of observation of daily life in
a Post-Communist Roma settlement. It describes the cultivation, celebration,
and reinvention of cultural difference and diversity by a people (Roma)
deemed by their social superiors to be too uncivilized to have a "culture"
of their own. There is no connection with this book and the film of the
same name.
Stojka, Karl and Pohanka,
Reinhard. Auf
der ganzen Welt zu Hause: Das Leben und Wandern des Zigeuners Karl Stojka
(Picus Verlag Wien, 1994) ISBN: 3854522673.
Strom,
Yale.
Uncertain
Roads: Searching for the Gypsies (Four Winds Press, 1993) Photographer
Yale Strom travels through Central and Eastern Europe interviewing several
Roma families along the way. Most interesting, and sometimes poignant,
are the first person accounts of what it is like to be a Rom in Europe
today.
Sutherland,
Anne. Gypsies:
The Hidden Americans (Waveland Press, 1986) An interesting work
detailing life of the American Vlach Roma population.
Tebbutt, Susan. Sinti
and Roma in German-Speaking Society and Literature (Berghahn Books,
1998) This volume of nine essays deals in depth with the life of
the Sinti and Roma in Germany and their representation in German literature,
giving the background to their maltreatment, and underlining the fact that
the persecution of Gypsies during the Nazi period, which until the 1980s
has been totally marginalized by historians, did not cease in 1945. The
continuity of anti-Gypsyism is traced to the present day, and the efforts,
achievements and aspirations of the Sinti and Roma civil rights movement
are highlighted.
Thurner, Erika. National
Socialism and Gypsies in Austria (University of Alabama Press,
1998) Originally published in German in 1983, this English translation
by Gilya Gerda Schmidt examines the World War II camps of Salzburg and
Lackenback, pieced together from Nazi documents, the recollection of victims,
accounts of bystanders and other eyewitnesses, and formal records.
Tomasevic, Nebojsa Bato,
and Rajko, Djuric. Gypsies
of the World: A Journey into the Hidden World of Gypsy Life and Culture
(Henry Holt and Company, 1988). The authors journey from India to England
and examine Roma awareness and attitudes through text and many color photographs.
Tong, Diane. Gypsies:
An Interdisciplinary Reader (Garland Publishers, 1998) Part of
the Garland Reference Library of the Humanities. Eighteen articles by various
authors, covering subjects from early history to current civil rights.
Highly recommended.
Tong, Diane. Gypsies:
A Multidisciplinary Annotated Bibliography (Garland Publishers,
1995) Descriptions of books and articles about Roma in anthropology, education,
folklore, history, linguistics, sociology, women's studies, also adult
and children's fiction.
Tong,
Diane.Gypsy
Folktales (New York: MJF, 1989) Not only a collection of folk tales,
this work attempts to explain some of the meanings of the stories from
historic, social and political viewpoints.
Tritt, Rachel. Struggling
for Ethnic Identity: Czechoslovakia's Endangered Gypsies (Human
Rights Watch, 1992)
Van de Port, Mattijs.
Gypsies,
Wars and Other Instances of the Wild: Civilization and Its Discontents
in a Serbian Town (University of Michigan, 1998) This anthropological
study discusses the imaginary Gypsy that figures in Serbian popular culture.
The prominence and significance of the Gypsy figure in Serbian thought
is linked with the war-ridden history of the Serbs. Where the voices of
official history present these wars as heroic enterprises, Gypsy tales
provide the guise under which Serbs can present an alternative reading
of Serbian history.
Vesey-Fitzgerald, Brian.
Gypsies
of Britain, 2nd edition (David and Charles Holdings Ltd., 1973)
This book deals with traditional Romnichal customs and beliefs,
as well as laws and regulations in the United Kingdom that have changed
the Gypsy way of life.
Ward-Jackson,
C.H. and Harvey, Denis E. The
English Gypsy Caravan: Origins, Builders, Technology and Conservation of
the English Gypsy Caravan. (David and Charles Holdings Ltd., 1986)
Williams, Linda Pizani.
Gypsies
and Travellers in the Criminal Justice
System:
The Forgotten Minority? (University of Cambridge, 1998)
Wood, Manfri Frederick,
edited by by J. A. Brune.
In
the Life of a Romany Gypsy (Routledge and K. Paul, 1973) This book,
by a founding member of the Gypsy Council, and a member of one of the oldest
Gypsy families in Britain, tells of the social structures of the English
Gypsies.
Yoors,
Jan.
The
Gypsies (Waveland Press, 1987) An outstanding work. Not only does
the book describe the hardships the Lowara tribe must endure, it
is a fascinating portrait of a way of life that is quickly becoming extinct.
Highly recommended.
Yoors, Jan. The
Gypsies of Spain (Macmillan, 1974)
Yoors,
Jan.
Crossing:
A Journal of Survival and Resistance in World War II (Waveland
Press, 1988) This book can be considered the "sequel" to The Gypsies.
Jan Yoors describes the Roma participation in the Resistance underground
movement and the author's involvement in it.
Zabalza, Ramón.Gypsies
Portrayed: Photographs and Reminiscences (PhotoVision, 1995) The
Kalé
of Spain are portrayed with an uncomfortable realism and honesty in black
and white photographs, living on the fringes of Spanish society, amidst
poverty. Excellent accompanying text in Spanish and English. Foreward by
Teresa San Román.
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Warley, Essex CM14 5LA, ENGLAND
This direct mail firm carries publications and
an up-to-date listing of Roma organisations. For more information, contact
T.A.Acton@greenwich.ac.uk.
Roma
Publications
3290/15-D
Chandigarh, INDIA
This direct mail firm is the publisher of the
Roma
periodical, as well as books about the Roma, including Romani dictionaries.
Presencia
Gitana
Valderrodrigo 76-78
bajos A
E-28039 Madrid,
SPAIN
Since 1987, Presencia Gitana publishes books on subjects relating to
Gypsies and Travellers in Spain and Europe. To receive a publications catalogue,
contact anpregit@mail.sendanet.es.
The
University of Hertfordshire Press
University of Hertfordshire
College Lane, Hatfield
Hertfordshire AL10
9AD, ENGLAND
A new publisher of books of high academic quality. An entire section
of their Web site is devoted to Gypsies and Travellers.
Web site:
http://www.herts.ac.uk/UHPress/Gypsies.html
Cottage
Books
Gelsmoor, Coleorton
Leicestershire, LE67 8HQ, ENGLAND
This mail order firm carries rare and out of print
books on rural life in Britian through the centuries, and associated subjects,
including Roma and Travellers. This firm is strictly postal, and does not
have a shop, telephone or email. They issue six catalogues a year.
Human
Rights Watch (HRW) Publications.
350 Fifth Avenue, 34th
Floor
New York, NY 10118-3299,
USA
First-hand information and first-rate analysis concerning the most pressing
human rights issues. There are several publications in this online service
about Romani rights abuses. Titles are listed by country, or can be located
using the HRW site search.
Tel: (212) 290-4700
Fax: (212) 736-1300
Web site: http://www.hrw.org
Schoenhof's
Foreign Books
76A Mount Auburn Street
Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
"A comprehensive source for the world's languages."
Dictionaries and lexicons for Romani available. Go to Languages
and select "Romany."
E-mail: info@schoenhofs.com
Web site: http://schoenhofs.com
MX
BookFinder by Anirvan Chatterjee. A book shopping search
engine that scans top book databases to find new, used, rare, and out of
print books.
Web site: http://www.mxbf.com/
Alibris
Books
Millions of the world’s hardest to find and rarest books spanning hundreds
of years and covering every imaginable topic. A growing list of historic
maps, letters, photographs, autographs, documents, manuscripts, magazines,
scholarly journals, and ephemera. All books and items are available in
various types of condition and price ranges.
E-mail: info@alibris.com
Web: http://www.alibris.com
Amazon.com
Books and Amazon.co.uk
Books
2.5 million titles, including most of the 1.5 million books currently
in print, and 1 million of the most popular, but hard-to-find, out-of-print
books.
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Periodicals
Amaro
Drom
Tavaszmezõ u. 6
1084 Budapest, HUNGARY
Published by the Rroma Parliament since 1991,
in Hungarian.
Tel/Fax: +(36) 1 313 1887
E-mail: romaparl@c3.hu
Web: http://www.amarodrom.hu
Cigányfúró
Baross u. 124
1089 Budapest, HUNGARY
Tel/Fax: +(36) 1 303 7370
Drom
Dromendar
5 Nikola Karev Str.
8800 Sliven, BULGARIA
Etudes
Tsiganes
2 rue d'Hautpol
75019 Paris, FRANCE
Published in French.
Tel: +(33) 1 607 9912
Interface
Université René Descartes
106 quai de Clichy
F 92110, Clichy, Paris, FRANCE
Newsletter of the Gypsy Research Center/Centre
de Recherches Tsiganes. Free journal on EU research on Roma education.
I
Tchachipen (La Verdad)
Apartados Correos 202
08080 Barcelona, SPAIN
Bi-monthly journal of the Unión Romaní,
covering cultural and social issues. Published in Spanish.
Email: u-romani@pangea.org
Journal
of the Gypsy Lore Society
5607 Greenleaf Road
Cheverly, Maryland 20785, USA
Recently renamed "Romani Studies",
to take effect with volume 10 of the fifth series. Published in English.
Tel/Fax: +(301) 341-1261
Email: headquarters@gypsyloresociety.org
Web: http://www.gypsyloresociety.org/gljournal.htm
Kethano
Drom
Szilágyi Dezsõ
u. 41
1174 Budapest, HUNGARY
Tel/Fax: +(36) 1 256 9920
Lacio
Drom
Centro Studi Zingari
Via dei Barbieri 22
00186 Rome, ITALY
Published bi-monthly in Italian.
Fax: +(39) 6 6868760
Tel: +(39) 6 6833181
Lungo
Drom
Szapáry út
19
5000 Szolnok, HUNGARY
Tel/Fax: +(36) 5 642 0110
Nevipens
Romani (Noticias Gitanas)
Apartado de Correos 202
08080 Barcelona, SPAIN
Bi-weekly newspaper of the Unión Romaní,
covering human rights, racism, and discrimination. Published in Spanish.
Email: u-romani@pangea.org
Patrin,
"Nevipe" Press Rom News Agency
Postbus 233 08
1100 DV Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS
Founded by Orhan Galjus, published in bilingual
editions (Romani-English).
The Patrin print periodical is not affiliated
with this Patrin web journal.
Roma
3290/15-D
160015
Chandigarh, INDIA
Journal of the Indian Institute of Romani Studies.
Founder-editor Dr. W.R. Rishi. Two issues a year published. Many back issues
available. Published in English.
Roma
Rights in Focus
23 Solunska Street, 6th floor
1000 Sofia, BULGARIA
Newsletter of the Human Rights Project, monitoring
legal defense of Roma in Bulgaria. Published in Bulgarian and English.
Romano
Bavarvalipe / Romano Ilo
10 Khan Asparyh Str.
1463 Sofia, BULGARIA
Romano
Dzaniben
Cimburkova 23
13000 Prague 3, CZECH REPUBLIC
Romano
Kurko
Moravske typographie
Moravske namesti, Brno, CZECH REPUBLIC
Newspaper about political, cultural and social
issues. Published in Czech and Romani.
Romano
Lil
Roma Community & Advocacy
Centre,
122 St. Patrick Street, Suite
F-24, Box 114,
Toronto, Ontario, M5T 2X8,
CANADA
Romano Lil deals with Romani issues in Canada such as the arrival of
Romani refugees from the Czech Republic and other countries and the subsequent
issues arising around their immigration, settlement and integration into
Canadian society. Romano Lil also reports on Roma around the world. Articles
are published in Romani, English, and other languages with English translations.
Tel: +(416) 923 4678
Fax: +(416) 923 0188
E-mail: hsijercic@sprint.ca
Web: http://romani.org/toronto/RomanoLil.html
Romany
Roads
6 St. James Walk, South Chailey
East Sussex, BN8 4BU, ENGLAND
The Romany & Traveller Family History Society
issues four journals per year. The RTFHS aids those searching for information
on their Romany ancestry. The society is building a bank of information
with members help to assist those searching for details of family background
and travelling life.
Rom
Som
VII. Almássy u.
3
1077 Budapest, HUNGARY
Tel/Fax: +(36) 1 351 3148
Rrom
po Drom
ul. Warszawska 43
15-062 Bialystok, POLAND
Magazine covering political and cultural issues.
Published in Polish and Romani.
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