Romani Studies

by Yaron Matras (Editor)

Continuing Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society.

232 pages, Paperback

Published December 1, 2015

About the author

Yaron Matras is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Manchester, and Editor of the journal Romani Studies. His involvement with Romani issues began in the advocacy and civil rights arena. Matras was media relations officer to the Roma National Congress from 1988-1995, and founding editor of RomNews, one of the very first advocacy information services on Romani issues. He has worked closely with the Open Society Institute's Roma programmes, is a founding member of the European Academic Network on Romani Studies, and has led several large-scale research projects on Romani language and culture, including an international research consortium on Romani migrations. He is the author of over a dozen books and numerous chapters and articles on Romani language and culture, and speaks the Romani language fluently.

Reviews

[Horus · Rating 4 out of 5]

This volume has some interesting articles, most relating to the topic of belonging in Slovakia, Finland and Turkey. There is also an article on the Vend Romani language (mainly Hungary) and three excellent book reviews.