Bibliography on the Roma

This bilbliography is not intended to be an exhaustive compendium of primary sources, for which the reader is referred to the many excellent bibliographies to be found in the volumes below. Some items are included for historical and/or popular interest.

• Acton, Thomas. Gypsy Politics and Social Change. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul Ltd., 1974.
  

• Borrow, George Henry. The Zincali, or an Account of the Gypsies of Spain, London: John Murray,1841. Available as an electronic document via FTP.
  

• Borrow, George Henry. Romano Lavo Lil: Word-Book of the Romany or English Gypsy Language, 1874.
  

• Crowe, David M. A History of the Gypsies of Eastern Europe and Russia New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 1996) Prof. Ian Hancock remarks in his review (Roma #s 44-45, 1996) "Despite its inevitable Euro-American perspective on Romani history, David Crowe has done a remarkably throough and compassionate job, and this book should be a basic research tool in any Romanologist's library".
  

• Crowe, David. and John Kolsti, eds. The Gypsies of Eastern Europe. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, Inc., 1991. Introduction and "The East European Roots of Romani Nationalism." by Ian Hancock are particularly good, as are the remainder of the chapters, detailing the experience of the Roma in Germany and the Nazi's genocide as well as their experience in Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Roumania, Croatia, Serbia, and Albania.
  

• Fonseca, Isabel. Bury Me Standing: The Gypsies and their Journey New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. This one has created some controversy amongst reviewers. We have left it standing in the bookstore.
  

• Fraser, Angus. The Gypsies 1992 Blackwell Publications Oxford, England. An exhaustive compilation of the historical records makes it a valuable reference, despite its somewhat lackluster interpretive/insightful content.
  

• Hancock, Ian.The Pariah Syndrome: An Account of Gypsy Slavery and Persecution Ann Arbor: Karoma Press, 1987. Probably the single best source regarding persecution and slavery of the Roma.
  

• Hancock, Ian. A Handbook of Vlax Romani Slavica Inc., 1995. Includes a discussion of the history and migration of the Roma from India to Europe.
  

• Hancock, Ian. "What is The Best Thing To Call Gypsies?." manuscript for Friends of Roma Children, ed. Mary Thomas. Alexandria, VA: (1993).
  

• Kenrick, Donald, and Puxon, Grattan. Gypsies under the Swastika, 1995 (reprint of The Destiny of Europe's Gypsies, London: Sussex University Press, 1972).
  

• Kenrick, Donald. Gypsies: From India to the Mediterranean, Toulouse: CRDP, 1993.
  

• Lee, Ronald. "The Kris Romani." Roma. (July 1987).
  

• Leland, Charles Godfrey. English Gypsy Songs in Romany, 1875. This beautiful little volume is a collection of verses printed in the Romani of the 19th century in England, with English translations and a brief glossary and dictionary.
  

• Liegeois, Jean Pierre. Gypsies: An Illustrated History, 1986. Al Saqi Books, London. English translation based on Tsiganes, La Decouverte, Paris 1983 Useful for its many photographs.
  

• MacRitchie, David. Accounts of the Gypsies of India, 1886. New Society Publications. Delhi, India.
  

• McDowell, Bart. Gypsies: Wanderers of the World National Geographic Society, 1970.
  

• McLane, Merrill F. Proud Outcasts: the Gypsies of Spain, 1987.
  

• McOwan, Janne-Elisabeth. "Ritual Purity: An Aspect of the Gypsy Pilgrimage to Stes-Maries-de-la-Mer." JGLS. Series 5, Vol. 4, No. 2 (August 1994).
  

• Petulengro, Gipsy. A Romany Life, 1936.
  

• Pott, August F. : Die Zigeuner in Europe and Asien. Halle, Heymemann 1844-45
  

• Rao, Aparna. "Some Manus Conceptions and Attitudes." In Gypsies, Tinkers, and Other Travellers, ed. Farnham Rehfisch, 143-144. London: Academic Press, 1975.
  

• Rishi, W.R.: Roma. 1976 Punjabi University, Patiala, India. Who better to understand the basis underlying their language, customs, etc., than an Indian linguist? So un- referenced amongst the internet resources we have found that we have reproduced large excerpts of this work here with the author's permission and as a tribute to his work.
  
  
• Schreiner, Claus, et. Flamenco Amadeus Press, Portland, Oregon. 1990. Translated from the German 1985 Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag GmbH, Frankfurt am Main by Mollie Comerford Peters. Collection of extremely well researched and interpreted essays. Undoubtedly the definitive work on the subject, with extensive bibliography, discography, list of festivals, etc. See Publisher's Website for ordering information, also some music links.
  

• Shashi, S. S.: Roma: The Gypsy World 1990 Sundeep Prakashan Delhi, India. Again, an excellent perspective from an Indian author.
  
  

• Tomasevic, Nebojsa Bato, and Djuric, Rajko. Gypsies of the World, 1988.
  

• Sutherland, Anne. Gypsies: The Hidden Americans New York: The Free Press, 1975. Reprinted Prospect Heights: Waveland, 1986.
  

• Sutherland, Anne. "Gypsy Women, Gypsy Men: Paradoxes and Cultural Resources." (Gypsy Lore Society) Papers From the Sixth and Seventh Annual Meetings, ed. Joanne Grumet. (1986).
  

• Sutherland, Anne. "Health and Illness Among the Rom of California." JGLS Series 5, Vol. 2, No. 1 (February 1992).
  

• Sway, Marlene. Familiar Strangers: Gypsy Life in America University of Illinois Press: Chicago, 1988.
  

• Tong, Diane. Gypsy Folktales New York: Harcourt Brace & World, 1989.
  

• Yates, Dora, ed. Gypsy Folktales Barnes & Noble. NewYork 1995, originally published 1948. Some told in local languages of various regions, some in Romani and translated to English. Unfortunately the Romani texts are not printed, nevertheless these stories represent a significant collection of folklore.

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