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• Cover; Copyright; Dedication; Contents;
• 1. Summer Months;
• 2. Childhood Days;
• 3. A Christmas Remembered;
• 4. Near Death Experience;
• 5. Our Beginnings;
• 6. A Change of Lifestyle;
• 7. Looking Back;
• 8. Life on the Road;
• 9. Bridgwater Fair;
• 10. Pride of the Road;
• 11. The Arrival of Winter;
• 12. Heading into a New Year;
• 13. Mixed Marriage;
• 14. Our Life Together;
• 15. My Romani Rye's Funeral;
• 16. Memories of Happier Times;
• 17. In the Hop Gardens Once Again;
• 18. Springtime Comes Around Again; Acknowledgements; Glossary of Romani Words; Reading List: Romani History.

In her bestselling autobiography, Our Forgotten Years (also published as Rabbit Stew and a Penny or Two), Maggie Smith-Bendell told of her life as a Romani Gypsy. Her second book is full of more of her vivid memories, this time set in the context of the long history of the Gypsies. Descended from some of the oldest Traveller families in England, Maggie sees traces of the persecution suffered by her people over hundreds of years in the old tales handed down through the generations and in the distrust that is still so commonly shown towards them. Full of colour and pathos, Maggie's stories spring to life on the page: magical days at the old horse fairs, fights and rows and making up again, the time her life was saved by a mysterious old woman. At the heart of Maggie's story is her 'gorgie mush', Terry, whom she loved and married in spite of her family's strong disapproval that he wasn't a Gypsy. Together they embraced each other's way of life, bringing up their children to love the best of both their worlds. The turning of the seasons was the Gypsies' calendar and Maggie and her family were tuned in to every sign that the year was moving on: the different wild flowers taking their turns to show, the crops ripening, the smell of snow in the air. From the pea fields of Somerset, where she was born, to the hop gardens of Herefordshire and to Devon, Dorset and Wiltshire too, Maggie's family travelled constantly back and forth, all of them pitching in to make their living, all of them loving their closeknit family and their unique way of life. But in spite of centuries of tradition, in the last sixty years the old ways have changed beyond recognition. This book is intended to keep the memory of the old ways alive as the Gypsies' journey continues.
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On Gypsies of Sri Lanka and their representation in mass media.

• Vorwort
• Nachtgedanken
• Die 1920er und 1930er Jahre
• Als Fahrende unterwegs : Sinti während der Weimarer Republik
• Hinternah, 10. Juli 1924
• Blick zurück : zur Geschichte der Sinti
• Das "Zigeunerbild"
• Beginn der systematischen "Bekämpfung des Zigeunerunwesens"
• Die Ausgrenzung der "Zigeuner" während der Weimarer Republik
• Wanderkino als Attraktion : Willkommen in den Dörfern
• Zwischen Tradition und Wandel
• Erziehung, Schule, Frömmigkeit
• Autonomie und Integration : Sprache und Bräuche
• Familienbeziehungen : Zillis Tochter
• Gefangen in Auschwitz : "Zigeuner" unter nationalsozialistischer Herrschaft
• Kein Entkommen : "Zigeuner" im "Dritten Reich"
• Kontinuitäten
• "Zigeuner" als "Arier"?
• "Zigeuner" und Juden
• Olympische Spiele und Ghettoisierung
• Die "Rassenhygienische Forschungsstelle" und der Begriff des "Zigeunermischlings"
• Die Karteien der "Forschungsstelle" und bundesrepublikanische Karrieren
• "Zigeunermischlinge" und "Zigeunerhäuptlinge"
• Zillis Verhaftung 1942 und ihre Folgen : der Plan zur Vernichtung der "Zigeuner"
• "Vorbeugende Verbrechensbekämpfung" gegen "Asoziale"
• Zentralisierung der Erfassung und "Regelung der Zigeunerfrage aus dem Wesen dieser Rasse heraus"
• "Festsetzungserlass", Deportationen, Morde
• Fluchtwege der Familie Reichmann und Zillis Verhaftung
• Einlieferung in Auschwitz-Birkenau 1943 : das "Zigeunerlager"
• Himmlers "Auschwitz-Erlass"
• Entstehung und Organisation des "Zigeunerlagers"
• Zilli Reichmanns Ankunft in Auschwitz
• Überleben im KZ : Täglicher Kampf, Solidarität und Feindschaft
• Zustände im Lager
• "Freizeit" : Fröhliche Augenblicke
• Beziehungen der "Zigeuner" untereinander
• Ein Sonderfall : die Wittgensteiner "Zigeuner"
• Arbeit
• Hilfe durch Gadsche : Horst Jonas und Hermann Dimanski
• Ein exemplarisches Schicksal : Franz Spindler
• Überleben in Auschwitz
• Willkür und Gewalt - "Zigeuner" und die SS
• Sexuelle Beziehungen, sexuelle Gewalt
• Willkür und Brutalität der SS-Leute
• Josef Mengele
• "Arbeitseinsatz" oder Gaskammer?
• Die "Liquidierung" des "Zigeunerlagers"
• Drohende Vernichtung
• Der erste Versuch zur Ermordung der "Zigeuner"
• "Arbeitseinsatz" und die "Liquidierung" des "Zigeunerlagers"
• Zillis Flucht : Kriegsende als Befreiung
• Ravensbrück
• Arado-Werke, Wittenberg
• Flucht und Kriegsende
• Ein neues Leben : Sinti in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
• Heirat und wieder "auf Fahrt" : Erneute Diskriminierung im Entschädigungsverfahren
• Heirat, Musik, Alltag
• Benachteiligung bei der "Wiedergutmachung"
• Fortsetzung der diskriminierenden "Zigeunerpolitik"
• Zilli Reichmanns Kampf um Entschädigung
• Wechsel in die Sesshaftigkeit : Strategien der Integration der Sinti in der Bundesrepublik
• Zeugin in NS-Prozessen : Rekonstruktion der Zigeunerverfolgung und Erinnerung
• Unvollständige juristische Aufarbeitung der "Zigeunerverfolgung"
• Der Prozess gegen König und Zilli Schmidts Erinnerungen
• Schluss
• Anhang
• Anmerkungen
• Dank
• Quellen und Literatur
• Abbildungsnachweis
• Personenregister.

• 1 Mind The Doors!: The contribution of Linguistics Professor Ian Hancock 2 The Gypsies in Turkey: History, ethnicity and identity and the findings of the research project, Sulukule 2006-2008 Dr Adrian Marsh
• 3 Knowing Gypsies Dr Brian Belton 4 The Construction of the History of the Roma in the 'Great Land': Notions of Roma history and identity in imperial, Soviet and post-Soviet Russia Valdemar Kalinin 5 The Possible Implications of Diasporic Consciousness for Romani Identity Damian Le Bas 6 The Importance of the Romany Traveller Family History Society Janet Keet-Black 7 The RTFHS: A Special Family History Society Michael Wayne Jones.
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The welcome emergence of a Gypsy/Roma/Traveller academic and intellectual community has stimulated new reflections on and reassessments of many of the established ideas surrounding Romani history and culture. New questions are being asked and, in turn, new critical challenges have arisen, in part because, for these individuals, Gypsy identity has never been something exotic and Other, but their own. This volume offers new perspectives on the Romani experience from voices that speak with authority and authenticity. Eminent scholar Professor Ian Hancock (University of Texas at Austin) explores how the study of linguistics has shed light on the origins of the Roma. Dr Adrian Marsh considers the discrimination and prejudice faced by the Gypsies of Turkey whilst Valdemar Kalinin considers the construction of the history of the Roma in Russia. Dr Brian Belton and Damian Le Bas offer their views on the seemingly elusive idea of Gypsy identity, while Janet Keet-Black argues strongly for the value of exploring personal and family histories. With its broad survey of international Gypsy politics and culture, this collection brings together the leading Romani scholars of the day in wide-ranging and engaging scholarship.
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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. .

America is home to one million Gypsies, or Rom, whose rich culture has long been mysterious to outsiders. A flamboyant Romani leader invites the viewer into this world when it comes under threat. He leads us through the history of his people through civil rights courts, Las Vegas casinos, and beyond.

• Introduction: The Roma: Who They Are
• 1. Roma Media Representations: Fantasy and Fiction
• 2. Discrimination and Prejudice in the Daily Lives of the Roma
• 3. Roma Lives and Attitudes: A Look into the Past and the Present
• 4. The Price of Roma Prejudice: Structural and Personal Marginalization
• 5. Roma and Education
• 6. Roma Identity and Traditional Lifestyles: Protective Barriers in a Hostile World
• 7. Roma Activism and Final Thoughts.
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American Roma: A Modern Investigation of Lived Experiences and Media Portrayals explores the representation of American Roma from the nineteenth-century to today by examining portrayals in newsprint, television, movies, and social media. The lived experiences of American Roma are considered through the lens of twenty-three Roma men and women who live across the United States. Their stories highlight experiences across almost a hundred years of life in the United States and are compared with narratives collected from European Roma lives. Their narratives catalogue the extreme prejudice they have encountered in America and the struggles they have faced economically, socially, and educationally. Their narratives highlight their involvement in the civil rights movement, a history of fighting for equality under discriminatory laws, and unfair treatment by law enforcement. The role of Roma women in the fight for equality is also highlighted as readers come to understand their position at the intersection of ethnicity and gender. This book is a new look at Roma ethnicity explored from the perspective of the American Roma about American Roma.
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Gypsies, Roma and Travellers are some of the most marginalized and vilified people in society. They are rarely seen as having a place in a country, either geographically or socially, no matter where they live or what they do. Another Darkness, Another Dawn is a new history that charts their movement through time and place: from their roots in the Indian subcontinent, across the Byzantine and Ottoman empires to western Europe and the Americas, to their place in the contemporary world. This history of Romani people demonstrates how their experiences provide a way to understand mainstream society's relationship with outsiders and immigrants, both in the past and present. Rather than seeing these peoples as separate from the societies in which they have lived, and as untouched by history, this book sets Gypsies' experiences in the context of broader historical changes. Understanding their history is to take in the founding and contraction of empires, the Reformation and Counter-Reformation, wars, the expansion of law and order and of states, the Enlightenment, nationalism, modernity and the Holocaust, as well as the increasing regulation of modern society. It is as much a history of ourselves as it is a history of 'others'. Ultimately Taylor demonstrates that history is not always about progress: the place of Gypsies, Roma and Travellers remains as contested and uncertain today as it was upon their first arrival in western Europe in the fifteenth century.
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