We Are the Romani People

Name: We Are the Romani People
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ISBN: 9781902806198

ISBN-10: 1902806190

ISBN-13: 9781902806198

Edition: 2002

Authors: Ian Hancock, OSI Staff

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The author speaks directly to the gadze (non-Gypsy) reader about his people, their history since leaving India 1000 years ago, their rejection and exclusion from society in the countries where they settled, their health, food, culture and society.

Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: University of Hertfordshire Press
Publication date: 9/1/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 180
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 0.46" tall
Weight: 0.858



Foreword


Introduction



History


How Westerners learnt the Romanies' true origin


O Teljaripe: The move out of India


O Aresipe: arrival in Byzantium and the West



Rrobija: Slavery


Desrrobireja: Abolition


The enslavement of Romanies in other places



The Buxljaripe: Out into Europe


What the Europeans thought



O Baro Porrajmos: The Holocaust



Explaining antigypsyism


Romanies as foreign intruders and non-Christians


Physical appearance


Exclusionary culture


Way of life


The parallel, created 'Gypsy' image


Scapegoatism


The vague understanding of Romani origins



The Gypsy image


Origins of the fictionalized gypsy


The two faces of Romani identity



How Indian are Romanies?



How European are Romanies?



Cuisine



Health



How to interact with Romanies


Crime


Slave mentality


Anger


Personal hygiene


Nomadism


Morals


Magic


Our stereotypes of non-Romanies


Some suggestions



The emergence of Romani organizations



Contributions, accomplishments and persons of note



Amari Chib: Our language


Romani vocabulary


Samples of the language: Some useful phrases


Samples of the language: Some proverbs


Samples of the language: A joke



Romani grammar


Recommended sources


Works referenced in the text


Index