Scholarship and the Gypsy Struggle by Ta Acton
This work has been assembled in honour of the 70th birthday of the doyen of committed Romani linguistics in Britain, Donald Kenrick. It includes a critical biographical study of his work by Thomas Acton; theories on the emergence of Romani itself by Ian Hancock; Peter Bakker on the origins of English Romani; and Anthony Grant takes an unsentimental look at the prospects for survival of minority languages in Britain. Grattan Puxon illuminates the birth of the World Romani Congress, while Gunilla Lundgren shows how far Romani scholarship has come since the days of the Swedish Gypsylorist, the blond banditt Arthur Thesleff. Elena Marushiakova, Vesselin Popov and Milena Hubschmannova take a politicized approach to folklore, while Valdemar Kalinin takes Kenrick gently to task for underestimating the Romani contribution to the Russian spirit. The pivotal episode of the 20th century Romani history is the porraimos, the Nazi genocide of Roma. Susan Tebbutt looks at its impact on just one artist, while Herbert Heuss locates it in German society and history. All these and other papers are areas where Donald Kenrick has been a key thinker, encourager and networker.
Professor Thomas Acton is Professor of Romani Studies at the School of Social Sciences, University of Greenwich, UK . He is the first person to hold a chair in Romani Studies at any university and has always believed in the practical contribution scholarship can make to providing equality of opportunity and treatment for the Roma. Amongst his many published books are: Acton, T. (ed.) (1997) Gypsy Politics and Traveller Identity; Herts: University of Hertfordshire Press Acton, T. and Mundy, G. (eds.) (1997): Romani Culture and Gypsy Identity; Herts: University of Hertfordshire Press Acton, T. (ed.) (2000) Scholarship and the Gypsy Struggle; Herts: University of Hertfordshire Press Dr. Michael Hayes works as a Lecturer (part-time) at the University of Limerick where he lectures on a number of English, History, Politics and Social Studies courses incorporating Traveller, Roma and Migration Studies. He has published a number of books about the socio-cultural history and development of a number of different (traditionally nomadic) groups within the Irish Traveller community. His publications in this area include: The Candlelight Painter (2004); Parley-Poet and Chanter (2004); Canting with Cauley (2005); A Compendium of Fairground Speech (2005); Otherness and Identity in Modern Ireland (2006) and Irish Travellers: Representations and Realities (2006). He also works in the area of Asylum and Asylum-process - in particular the policy implications and effects of present-day Asylum procedures as applicable within the EU and Ireland -Dislocation and Diaspora: The Story of the New Irish (2006); Otherness: Representations of the New Irish (2006) (He has been involved in community work with Travellers, asylum-seekers and other marginalised groups both in Liverpool, England and in Limerick, Ireland for the past twelve years.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781902806013 |
| ISBN 10 | 1902806018 |
| Title | Scholarship and the Gypsy Struggle |
| Author | Ta Acton |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of Hertfordshire Press |
| Year published | 2000-10-17 |
| Number of pages | 200 |
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