Proceedings of
the 2002 Annual Meeting

Ethnic Identities in Dynamic Perspective: Proceedings of
the 2002 Annual Meeting of the Gypsy Lore Society. Published by
Gondolat Publishers and the Ethnic and
National Minority Studies Institute of the Hungarian Academy of
Sciences,
the volume is edited by Sheila Salo and Csaba Prónai.
ISBN 963-9500-99-2.
Contents: "The Internment of
Gypsies in France (1940-1946): A Hidden Memory," Emmanuel Filhol;
"The Here and the Beyond in the Manouche Worldview," Jean-Luc Poueyto;
"Ties and Frontiers, Journeys and Neighborhoods, Alliances and
Contests,"
Patrick Williams; "Marriage Patterns of Gitanos or Calé, the Spanish
Gypsies," Juan F. Gamella; "A Note on The Demographic Structure of
Spanish Gypsies,"
Elisa I. Martín; "The Romani Communities in Italy: The Case of Tuscany
Region with Special Attention to the City of Florence," Zoran Lapov;
"The Present State of Cultural Anthropological Gypsy Studies in
Hungary," Csaba Prónai; "Social Status and the Problem of Double
Identity of Gypsies in Hungary,"
Dávid Simon; "Empowerment And Ethnic Relations: a Comparative Study of
Hungarian Roma And African Americans in Selected Rural Communities,"
John A. Strong, István SértÅ-Radics, Zsuzsanna Török, Endre Lengyel,
Allyson Mills, and David Flautt;
"Permanent Exhibition of the Museum of Romany Culture, Brno, Czech
Republic: A Journey from Tradition to the Present," Irena Kasparová and
Eva Davidová;
"The Uzhhorod National Roma Theater: Performing Gypsy Identity in
Ukraine," Adriana Helbig; "Elements and Symbols in the Celebration of
Bango Vassili (St. Basil's Day),"
Deyan Kolev; "The Structure of Romani Folktales," Hristo Kyuchukov;
"Field Notes From Russia and Ukraine," Elena Marushiakova and Vesselin
Popov;
"Dervish Rituals and Songs Among Muslim Roms in Skopje," Trajko
Petrovski; "The Basket Makers of York, Pennsylvania, c. 1840-1930,"
Sheila Salo and Matt T. Salo; "Romnichels, Roaders and Travelers on the
Great Plains," Matt T. Salo; "The Social Life of Roma (Gypsies) in
Izmir, Turkey,"
Suat Kolukirik; "The Professional Skills of Gypsies in Istanbul," Udo
Mischek; "The Romani Press in Macedonia: Language and Perspective,"
Victor A. Friedman;
"A Geographical Approach to the Classification of Romani Dialects,"
Yaron Matras; "Processes of Formation of Roma Identity in East Central
Europe,"
Éva Blénes; "Ethnicity, the Law and Gypsy-Travellers in Scotland: Which
Way Now?"
Colin Clark; The Making of a Roma Underclass: Comparative Perspectives,
Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania," János Ladányi and Iván Szelényi;
"The Performance of 'Oriental Music' in Contemporary Romania," Margaret
H. Beissinger; "On the Songs of the Oláh Romanies,"
Eva Davidová; "The 'Superterritorialization' of Rumba Catalane and
Manouche Swing," Katherine J. Hagedorn;
"Adrian, Taraf, and the Political Reception of Gypsy Music in
Bucharest," David Malvinni.