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100 1  Matras, Yaron, |d1963- |eauthor.
245 14 The Romani Gypsies / |cYaron Matras.
264  1 Cambridge, Massachusetts : |bThe Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, |c2015.
264  4  |c©2015
300    330 pages ; |c22 cm
336    text |btxt |2rdacontent
337    unmediated |bn |2rdamedia
338    volume |bnc |2rdacarrier
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-321) and index.
505 0  Who are the Romani people? -- Romani society -- Customs and traditions -- The Romani language -- The Roms among the nations -- Between romanticism and racism -- A modern Romani identity -- Concluding remarks -- Appendix: The mosaic of Romani groups.
520    "Gypsies" have lived among Europeans since the Middle Ages. Yet Roms still seem exotic to Westerners, who often rely on fictional depictions for what they know, or think they know, about this much-misunderstood people. The Romani Gypsies challenges stereotypes that have long been the unwelcome travel companions of this community in Europe and the New World. Yaron Matras offers an account of who the Roms are, how they live today, and how they have survived over centuries. Descendants of Indian migrants, Roms began moving into western Europe in the 1300s, refugees of a collapsing Byzantine Empire. By the 1500s they had spread throughout Europe, working as itinerant smiths and toolmakers, healers and entertainers, and would soon reach the Americas. Often described as Egyptian -- hence the name Gypsies -- they were ostracized as beggars, vilified as criminals, respected as artisans, and idealized as free spirits. They have been both enslaved and protected, forced to settle down and forcibly expelled, in a pattern of manipulation and persecution that persists in our own time. Matras draws on decades of first-hand research into Romani life to explain the organization of Romani society, its shared language, history, and traditions, as well as differences among widely dispersed Romani groups. He also details the present-day dilemmas surrounding the struggle of Roms for political recognition in European countries which are, by turns, either ambivalent or openly hostile.
591    Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024
650  0 Romanies.
650  7 Romanies. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01100080
650  7 Roma |gVolk. |2gnd |0(DE-588)4050473-6
650  7 Roms. |2eclas
650  7 Nomades. |2eclas
650  7 Identité culturelle. |2eclas
852 0   |bstacks |hDX115 |i.M1948 2015