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• 1. Introduction
• 2. The American Utopia: Transnationalism and Cosmopolitanism
• 3. The Social Rhythms of Life
• 4. A Family Culture: Kinship, Gender and Morality
• 5. The Enigma of Circulation
• 6. The Magic of Words
• 7. Conclusion. .

"Der Illinger Historiker Franz Josef Schäfer legt erstmalig die Geschichte der saarländischen Sinti und Roma vor, einer weitgehend vergessenen NS-Opfergruppe. Neben einem historischen Abriss der Minderheit stellt der Autor ihren Verfolgungsweg auf quellenkundlicher Basis dar am Beispiel ausgewählter Familien. Wie die Bevölkerungsgruppe in belletristischen Werken saarländischer Autorinnen und Autoren gesehen wurde, ist ebenfalls vorzufinden. Pfarrer Arnold Fortuin war der erste Seelsorger der Deutschen Sinti und Roma. Bereits seit den Zwanzigerjahren des 20. Jh. betreute der damalige Saarbrücker Kaplan an der Michaelskirche in Saarbrücken St. Johann die Außenseiter und erteilte ihnen Unterricht. In der NS-Zeit gab er ihnen Trost. Nach dem Krieg war er ihr Anwalt und Berater in Entschädigungsfragen. Seit 1955 findet alljährlich eine Wallfahrt von Sinti und Roma statt zur Illinger Bergkapelle. Die Monografie würdigt ausgiebig zum ersten Mal den Menschen und Seelsorger Fortuin, der viele Jahre nach seinem Tod mit dem Bau des Fortuin-Hauses in Berlin sowie der Benennung einer Straße und einer Schule in Illingen eine späte Anerkennung gefunden hat." -- Page 4 of cover.

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Gypsies Under Surveillance
• 3. Historical Context: The Timing Of The Attacks
• 4. Gypsyness In The Town
• 5. Narrating The Attacks
• 6. Forced Dislocation: From Drivers' Feud To Gypsy Hunt
• 7. Conclusion.

"Using an oral history approach, this book draws on Gypsy and non-Gypsy narratives to tell the story of Gypsy forced dislocation from Bayramic, a northwestern town of Turkey, in 1970. Özatesler examines memory construction, the categories of Gypsyness and Turkishness, and the different perspectives and positions that emerged, considering all in relation to underlying socioeconomic structure. The book reveals how ethnic and other identities can be deployed to conceal socioeconomic and political inequalities"-- Provided by publisher.

This excellent, well-written study blends traditional anthropology with history to give us a unique look into the life, history, culture, and status of the Roma.""--David M. Crowe, Elon University.

""Barvalo" : "riche" et par extension "fier" en langue romani. Ce mot a valeur d'étendard et défend neuf siècles de présence européenne et d'affirmation culturelle, tout en s'intéressant à l'histoire et à la diversité des populations romani. Si celles-ci constituent la plus grande minorité ethnique d'Europe, elles font, aujourd'hui encore, l'objet de nombreuses discriminations. L'exposition "Barvalo", comme cet ouvrage qui l'accompagne, entend "renverser les regards" et lutter contre les stéréotypes et un antitsiganisme pluriséculaires. Identifier et valoriser l'héritage et le patrimoine romani, dans les musées comme dans l'espace public, mener une réflexion contrastée sur les notions d'appartenance et d'identité, tels sont les enjeux de ce travail ambitieux. Pour la première fois dans un musée national en France, un projet concernant les populations romani est conçu avec elles, de manière collaborative ; il est né du travail d'un comité composé de dix-neuf personnes d'origine romani ou non, de nationalités et profils différents. Entièrement bilingue français-romani, ce livre témoigne également de la richesse des cultures romani et de la fierté des différentes communautés à contribuer à la diversité culturelle des sociétés européennes il s'agit d'affirmer haut et fort : "Barvalo"."--Page 4 of cover.

• Introduction. Unexpected beginnings
• Analytical approach : identity, state and kinship
• Narrating beginnings and memories
• Educating Roma children : state and kinship moralities
• The 'hyperreal' vis-à-vis the 'everyday' Roma : identity and activism
• Home and the 'kinning' state
• Gendered strategies : kinship and state moralities
• Conclusion. Unfinished identities

"Roma identities have often been presented in literature as collectively constructed and in opposition to those who are not Roma. Contesting Moralities challenges these preconceptions about Roma identification by disentangling the binaries between Roma and non-Roma, state and non-state, public and private. It explores topics resonating in contemporary Romani studies that are in need of further exploration through individual perspectives, including history, activism, kinship, childhood, and gender hierarchies. The book paints a complex picture of inequality and how it is negotiated amid conflicting, ambiguous and contradictory regimes of power and moral demands, including those of state and kin"-- Provided by publisher

"The book is a collection of rare black and white images of Roma families in California during the early 1990s. Since their exodus from India more than a thousand years ago, the Roma - an ethnic group formerly known as "Gypsies" - have migrated to all continents of the globe. A large wave of Roma came to the United States from Europe at the turn of the twentieth century. The country is home to roughly 50,000 Roma people today, many of them in California. Yet, they remain hidden to the majority of us. Roma: Life with California's Roma Families is a collection of rare black and white images of Romani Americans living in California during the early 1990s. Photojournalist Cristina Salvador Klenz documented the lives of these families over a period of years, capturing their celebrations, social relationships, struggles, and rituals-the latter of which have survived centuries of discrimination and persecution. The photographs include people from the Kalderash and Machvaya nations, whose ancestors immigrated to the United States after being released from slavery in Eastern Europe. Other nations represented include more recent Romani immigrants who had also settled in Eastern Europe but arrived in California after extended stays in Chile and Colombia. An additional group, called the Ludar, has spent decades living in a modern-day camp in Southern California. Although many Romani-American tribes have little social contact with each other, all have been brought together in this set of photographs in hope that readers gain a greater understanding of this vibrant, resilient, and misunderstood people. Theirs is a culture that has been hidden for far too long"-- Provided by publisher