Danger! educated gypsy: selected essays
by Hancock, Ian
Professor Ian F. Hancock, Gypsy, scholar, linguist, activist (although not necessarily or always in that order), has spent a good deal of his life kicking against the received opinions and dearth of opportunities that have long oppressed the Romani community. His impact upon Romani Studies has been truly remarkable, both in terms of his contributions to linguistics and Gypsy historiography and in his re-assessment of Romani identity within the Western cultural fabric. No less influential has be…
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Professor Ian F. Hancock, Gypsy, scholar, linguist, activist (although not necessarily or always in that order), has spent a good deal of his life kicking against the received opinions and dearth of opportunities that have long oppressed the Romani community. His impact upon Romani Studies has been truly remarkable, both in terms of his contributions to linguistics and Gypsy historiography and in his re-assessment of Romani identity within the Western cultural fabric. No less influential has been his personal development as a scholar and activist for his own community.
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- Publication Date:2010.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):University of Hertfordshire Press
- Place of Publication:Hatfield
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2010.
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- Description:1 online resource (323 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781907396021, 1907396020, 9781907396304, 1907396306, 1306100399, 9781306100397
- oclc:ocn642662095
- LC Classification:DX105
- Dewey Decimal:305.891497
Table of Contents
Introduction to Section One: Chapter One: Djabravoki -- Chapter Two: Family tales -- Chapter Three: Talking back -- Introduction to Section Two: History and culture -- Chapter Four: The Hungarian student Vlyi Istvn and the Indian connection of Romani -- Chapter Five: On Romani origins and identity -- Chapter Six: Gypsies, gade, languages and labels -- Chapter Seven: Romani religion -- Introduction to Section Three: Language standardisation and education -- Chapter Eight: The standardisation of the Romani language: an overview and some recommendations.
Chapter Nine: The schooling of Romani Americans: an overview -- Introduction to Section Four: Image -- Chapter Ten: Duty and beauty, possession and truth: the claim of lexical impoverishment as control -- Chapter Eleven: George Borrow's Romani -- Chapter Twelve: The concocters: creating fake Romani culture -- Chapter Thirteen: Gypsy Mafia, Romani saints: the racial profiling of Romani Americans -- Chapter Fourteen: The 'gypsy' stereo.
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