Traces the history of the Gypsies, a nation of twelve million people without a country, that has spread throughout the world. Discusses their secret society, lifestyle, and the legacy of persecution that continues to follow them.
Alongside ... portraits of individuals - the poet, the politician, the child prostitute - [the author] offers sharp insights into the humor, language, wisdom, and taboos of the Roma. She traces their exodus out of India 1,000 years ago and their astonishing history of persecutio…
Isabel Fonseca describes the four years she spent with Gypsies from Albania to Poland, listening to their stories, deciphering their taboos, and befriending their matriarchs, activists, and child prostitutes. A masterful work of personal reportage, this volume is also a vibrant …
CH 04/00/1997. ADULT Brodart.
Bury me standing: the Gypsies and their journey
After the revolutions of 1989, the author lived and traveled with the Gypsies of Bulgaria, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the former Yugoslavia, Romainia, and Albania -- listening to their stories and recording their attempts to become something more than despised outs…
Bury me standing: the Gypsies and their journey
Isabel Fonseca describes the four years she spent with Gypsies from Albania to Poland, listening to their stories, deciphering their taboos, and befriending their matriarchs, activists, and child prostitutes. A work of personal reportage, this volume is also a portrait of a myst…
Isabel Fonseca describes the four years she spent with Gypsies from Albania to Poland, listening to their stories, deciphering their taboos, and befriending their matriarchs, activists, and child prostitutes. A masterful work of personal reportage, this volume is also a vibrant …
After the revolutions of 1989, the author lived and traveled with the Gypsies of Bulgaria, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the former Yugoslavia, Romainia, and Albania -- listening to their stories and recording their attempts to become something more than despised outs…
Bury me standing: the Gypsies and their journey
After the revolutions of 1989, the author lived and traveled with the Gypsies of Bulgaria, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the former Yugoslavia, Romainia, and Albania -- listening to their stories and recording their attempts to become something more than despised outs…
After the revolutions of 1989, the author lived and traveled with the Gypsies of Bulgaria, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the former Yugoslavia, Romainia, and Albania -- listening to their stories and recording their attempts to become something more than despised outs…
Danger!: educated gypsy : selected essays
by ebrary, Inc, Hancock, Ian F., Karanth, Dileep
"The young Roma generation has more access to his publications than my generation had And they are still so much inspired by them and by the basis they give for rethinking the place of Roma in the modern world. Professor Ian F Hancock, Gypsy, scholar, linguist, activist (althou…