Romani
Studies welcomes articles in all scholarly disciplines dealing with any aspect
of the cultures of groups traditionally known as Roma/Gypsies as well as those
of traveler or peripatetic groups. Reviews of books and audiovisual materials are also published.
The groups
covered include, for instance, those referring to themselves as Ludar, Rom,
Roma, Romanichels, Romnichels, Sinti, Travelers, or Travellers. Fields covered include anthropology, art, folklore, history, linguistics,
literature, political science, sociology, and their various branches.
The views expressed in the journal are those of the authors
and not necessarily those of the Gypsy Lore Society, which publishes the
journal, or its officers.
Submitting
an Article or Review
Article manuscripts are generally evaluated by the
editor and two anonymous referees. Authors
will be notified when a decision has been made to accept or reject a manuscript. Rejection may be outright or with the possibility of revision and
resubmission for a new evaluation. A
manuscript submitted to the journal should not be under consideration by any
other journal at the same time or have been published elsewhere.
Reviews and review articles are solicited by the editor.
Persons who wish to review particular books should contact the editor.
English
is the publication language of the journal; linguistic data cited should of
course be in the original language. Subject
to financial limitations and the availability of translators, the editor might
consider articles submitted in languages other than English.
Quotations in the texts of articles should be
translated into English and the original text of the quotation should be
supplied for editorial purposes.
Three
copies of papers are required for review. As
far as possible the author(s) should not be identified on the copy to be sent to
referees. Manuscripts generally should not exceed 40 double-spaced pages.
Manuscripts, including notes, quotations, and lists of references cited, should
be double-spaced on one side only of A4 or 8 1/2 x 11-inch paper. Any standard
format for style, notes, and references is suitable for initial editorial
consideration. Authors of accepted
articles will be required to submit copies conforming with journal style,
summarized below.
Each
article should include an abstract of 100-150 words summarizing the essential
points and findings of the paper, as well as up to ten keywords for indexing
purposes. An author's statement, including present affiliation and
research acknowledgments, must be included with each manuscript on a separate
page.
Style
The journal follows a modified form of the latest version of American
Anthropologist style (AA 92:1131-1134). For
papers making extensive use of manuscript sources, the style followed by the
History of Anthropology series (University of Wisconsin Press) is a good guide. Copies of the complete style sheets may be obtained from the editor;
please enclose a self-addressed stamped envelope. Refer to the Chicago Manual of Style, latest edition, in matters of
punctuation and usage.
Acknowledgments
follow the text, and constitute the first paragraph of notes, without a note
number. The title should never be footnoted. Footnotes appear as "Notes" at the end of articles, numbered
consecutively throughout the paper and typed on a separate sheet of paper. Include footnote material in the text wherever possible. References to literature are carried within the text in parentheses with
the author's last name, the year of original publication, and page, e.g. (Kroeber
1948:205), or, if an author is mentioned in the text, merely by date and page,
e.g. (1948:205). The complete list
of references cited should be typed on a separate page; the list of references
should not include any publications not cited in the text.
The format for references should be consistent with the following
examples. Note that the full first names of authors (not merely initials) should
be given.
Use
hanging indentation for references cited (not able to be reproduced in the
electronic version of the style sheet).
Kenrick, Donald, and Grattan Puxon.
1972. The destiny of Europe's Gypsies. London: Heinemann.
Mayall,
David. 1988. Gypsy-Travellers in nineteenth-century society.
New York: Cambridge University Press.
Piasere, Leonardo.
1987. In search of new
niches: The productive organization of the peripatetic Xoraxane in Italy. In The Other Nomads.
Aparna Rao, ed. Pp. 111-132.
Koln: Bohlau.
Rehfisch, Farnham, ed.
1975. Gypsies, Tinkers and
other Travellers. New York: Academic Press.
Salo, Matt T., and Sheila Salo.
1982. Romnichel economic and
social organization in urban New England, 1850-1930. Urban Anthropology 11(3-4):273-313.
Titles from the Journal of the Gypsy Lore
Society should follow the format:
Groome,
Francis H. 1891. Persian and Syrian Gypsies. Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society
2:21-27.
Friedman, Victor A.
1991. Case in Romani: old grammar in new affixes. Journal of the Gypsy Lore
Society. Fifth Series. 1:85-102.
Computer-generated
Submissions
Authors should submit
the final version on diskette, along with one paper copy. Diskettes prepared in most IBM or Macintosh formats are acceptable.
If in doubt, submit a copy in ASCII (text only) or RTF format as well as
in your word processor's format. Indicate the exact name and release of your
program.
Correspondence,
manuscripts, and books for review should be sent to the editor:
Dr. Yaron Matras
Department of Linguistics
University of Manchester
Manchester M13 9PL
United
Kingdom