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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Harvard University Press
ISBN-10
067436838X
ISBN-13
9780674368385
eBay Product ID (ePID)
24038705337
Product Key Features
Book Title
Romani Gypsies
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2015
Topic
Ethnic Studies / General, Discrimination & Race Relations, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Europe / General
Genre
Social Science, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
20 oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2014-014033
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
A much needed book on Europe'e(tm)s most misunderstood population'e¦The book aims to take stock of the Romani Gypsies today--where they might come from, their history as a people, their culture and customs, and the issues they face today'e¦It is a story of suffering that parallels the trials of Jews in Europe. However, while the Holocaust has at the very least made Europe grapple with its history of anti-Semitism, there has been no such reckoning for the Romani'e¦Part of the immense value of this book by Matras is that it works to paint a complex picture of who the Romani are beyond the picture of a woman begging in the street'e¦For the information alone, the book should be required reading in Europe and for anyone interested in the continent'e(tm)s history., A much needed book on Europe'e(tm)s most misunderstood population'e¦ The book aims to take stock of the Romani Gypsies today'e"where they might come from, their history as a people, their culture and customs, and the issues they face today'e¦ It is a story of suffering that parallels the trials of Jews in Europe. However, while the Holocaust has at the very least made Europe grapple with its history of anti-Semitism, there has been no such reckoning for the Romani'e¦ Part of the immense value of this book by Matras is that it works to paint a complex picture of who the Romani are beyond the picture of a woman begging in the street'e¦ For the information alone, the book should be required reading in Europe and for anyone interested in the continent'e(tm)s history., A much needed book on Europe's most misunderstood population... The book aims to take stock of the Romani Gypsies today-where they might come from, their history as a people, their culture and customs, and the issues they face today... It is a story of suffering that parallels the trials of Jews in Europe. However, while the Holocaust has at the very least made Europe grapple with its history of anti-Semitism, there has been no such reckoning for the Romani... Part of the immense value of this book by Matras is that it works to paint a complex picture of who the Romani are beyond the picture of a woman begging in the street... For the information alone, the book should be required reading in Europe and for anyone interested in the continent's history., Yaron Matras has spent many years getting to know inward-looking Roma communities across Europe, winning their trust and unravelling their history, language and customs'e¦Immaculately researched, warm and comprehensive., A much needed book on Europe's most misunderstood population... The book aims to take stock of the Romani Gypsies today--where they might come from, their history as a people, their culture and customs, and the issues they face today... It is a story of suffering that parallels the trials of Jews in Europe. However, while the Holocaust has at the very least made Europe grapple with its history of anti-Semitism, there has been no such reckoning for the Romani... Part of the immense value of this book by Matras is that it works to paint a complex picture of who the Romani are beyond the picture of a woman begging in the street... For the information alone, the book should be required reading in Europe and for anyone interested in the continent's history., Yaron Matras has spent many years getting to know inward-looking Roma communities across Europe, winning their trust and unravelling their history, language and customs'e¦ Immaculately researched, warm and comprehensive., As Matras makes plain in this rich, colorful account, much of what people think they know about the Roma--their proper name, sometimes rendered as Roms--is wrong... Matras punctures the distorted images of Roma and probes Romany beliefs and opinions about everything from gender roles, age, and work to marriage, shame, and religion. The reader comes away far less ignorant about this inward-looking and often persecuted group., As Matras makes plain in this rich, colorful account, much of what people think they know about the Roma--their proper name, sometimes rendered as Roms--is wrong...Matras punctures the distorted images of Roma and probes Romany beliefs and opinions about everything from gender roles, age, and work to marriage, shame, and religion. The reader comes away far less ignorant about this inward-looking and often persecuted group., As Matras makes plain in this rich, colorful account, much of what people think they know about the Roma--their proper name, sometimes rendered as Roms--is wrong'e¦Matras punctures the distorted images of Roma and probes Romany beliefs and opinions about everything from gender roles, age, and work to marriage, shame, and religion. The reader comes away far less ignorant about this inward-looking and often persecuted group., Yaron Matras has spent many years getting to know inward-looking Roma communities across Europe, winning their trust and unravelling their history, language and customs... Immaculately researched, warm and comprehensive.
Dewey Decimal
909/.0491497
Synopsis
"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 a perspective-changing 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., Roms (Gypsies) have lived among Europeans since the Middle Ages and yet still seem exotic to Westerners. Yaron Matras challenges stereotypes that have long been the unwelcome travel companions of this community, and offers a perspective-changing account of who the Roms are, how they live today, and how they have survived in Europe and America., "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 a perspective-changing 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 firsthand 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.
LC Classification Number
DX115.M1948 2015
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