Victor A. Friedman
Matt T. Salo
Carol Silverman
Anita Volland
Gypsy Lore Society North American Chapter. (contribution)
Gypsy Lore Society North American Chapter Meeting 1988 Wagner college (author)

Product: Book
ISBN-10: 0-9617107-4-8
ISBN-13: 9780961710743
Publisher: Gypsy Lore Society
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Year: June 1990
Size: 20.32 x 27.30 x 1.27cm
Number of pages: 286
Weight: 658gr
Binding: Paperback

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Centennial Edition – It has to be better than this!
… and I finally got the book that should compile some centennial articles about Roma/Gypsies. Placing Janet Tompkins article about welfare fraud by Gypsies in California disqualifies the intent of the book – it reaffirms the view that the Gypsy Lore Society is spreading prejudices instead of contributing toward better understanding between Roma and Gadje (at least that would be desirable approach.) Ljerka Vidic's article about Musical Practice of Nomadic Rom in Bosnia is sad and empty. Being Roma from Bosnia myself what I found was an article based on the suggestions from an informant about Gypsy music ( term that Vidic notoriously places within quotation marks although the article is about Gypsy music). Well, those musicians were not nomadic and from an ethnomusicologist I expected to learn more than her desire to make westerners understand what we ( Balkan) understand as seljacka (peasentry – negative perception) and disco-folk music. If you want to find more about Saban Bajramovic – check the Amazon.com and ask yourself why he was only mentioned in her paper. Ljerka, please do not consider yourself an expert on Gypsy Music just because you got your degree on the topic. I addition to the paper you need a soul to understand the vibes that inspired so many people in Yugoslavia including Bregovic or Sasa Ilic. Jane Dick Zatta's article has interesting title but I truly question did she ever had a contact with Roma. On the other side, there are some realy good articles as I expected to be placed in a centennial publication. Fraser, Willems & Lucassen, Jusuf and Cortiade submitted interesting information about Roma history and language.

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