Recently added articles from Romani Studies:
Ethnicisation of value-the value of ethnicity: The prestige-item economy as a performance of ethnic identity among the Gabors of Transylvania (Rumania)
Jun 01, 2007; Berta, Peter ... The study analyzes some of the ideologies and practices related to the silver beakers and tankards which are defined as highly valued prestige items by a Romani ethnic subgroup (known as Gabors) living in Transylvania, Rumania. After describing some features of the Gabors's prestige-item ...
Gypsies, ethnicity, and the labour market: An introduction
Jun 01, 2007; Casa-Nova, Maria José ... The article reports on two years of ethnographic research carried out within a Gypsy community in an area on the outskirts of Porto, in northern Portugal. Data were collected during participating observation in labour environments (fairs) and residential settings (a council ward) as well as from ...
The Berlin Memorial for the murdered Sinti and Roma: Problems and points for discussion1
Jun 01, 2007; Zimmermann, Michael ... In 2005, a Memorial was dedicated in Berlin for the Jews of Europe murdered under the National Socialist regime. Since the non-Jewish victims of National Socialism were excluded in the setting of such an emblem of memory, there were various calls for additional central memorials for other groups ...
The Gypsy Court in Eastern Europe
Jun 01, 2007; Marushiakova, Elena; Popov, Vesselin ... The Gypsy court is one of the central and most elaborated subjects in Romani studies. Its nature and origin have been widely discussed. The article presents, for the first time, rich comparative material on Gypsy courts gathered from Gypsy groups in Central, South-Eastern, and Eastern Europe ....
Memories of a Gypsy
Jun 01, 2007; Sutherland, Anne ... Memories of a Gypsy. Victor Vishnevsky. Cheverly, MD: Salo Press. 2006. 156 pp., six photographs. $20.00. ISBN 978-0-9787728-0-2 (pb). Reviewed by Anne Sutherland Memories of a Gypsy is an autobiographical account of the life of Victor Vishnevsky, a Lovara Rom. His tribe came ...
Obituary: Michael Zimmermann
Jun 01, 2007; Margalit, Gilad ... 17 November 1951-20 January 2007 The historian Michael Zimmerman, member of the editorial board of Romani Studies, passed away on January 20, 2007, after an eight-month struggle against cancer. Zimmermann was an outstanding scholar who was particularly engaged in researching the Nazi ...
Antiziganismus und Sozialarbeit
Jun 01, 2007; French, Lorely ... Antiziganismus und Sozialarbeit. Gernot Haupt. Berlin: Frank & Timme. 2006. 343 pp. ISBN 3-86596-076-6. Reviewed by Lorely French The fear in Western Europe of mass migration of Roma from Eastern Europe has given rise to heightened anti-Roma sentiments and politics in all of ...
The Romani voice in world politics: The United Nations and non-state actors
Jun 01, 2007; Matras, Yaron ... The Romani voice in world politics: The United Nations and non-state actors. Ilona Klímová-Alexander. Aldershot: Ashgate. 2005. ISBN 0-7546-4173-2. xiv + 195 pp. Reviewed by Yaron Matras The appropriateness of the term 'political movement" with reference to Romani activism is ...
The role of the Romanies. Images and counter-images of 'Gypsies'/Romanies in European cultures
Jun 01, 2007; Widmann, Peter ... The role of the Romanies. Images and counter-images of 'Gypsies'/Romanies in European cultures. Edited by Nicholas Saul and Susan Tebbull. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. 2004. xi + 258 pp. ISBN 0-85323-679-8 (Ub.) Reviewed by Peter Widmann With the concept of role, the ...