Languages of resistance

Languages of Resistance Ian Hancock’s Contribution to Romani Studies Hristo Kyuchukov & William New (eds.) University of Silesia; Beloit College The new volume of the “Roma” series edited by Hristo Kyuchukov and William New, is dedicated to the 75 anniversary of Prof. Dr. Ian Hancock. Starting his linguistic carrier as a researcher of Creole languages, Ian Hancock also contributes to the Romani studies: language, culture, history, Roma Holocaust. The volume includes papers by established scholars and young researchers, Roma and non-Roma by ethnic origin, friends, colleagues and co-authors of Hancock, or simply people who did learn a lot from his publications. The content of the book is organized around those topics which Ian Hancock did work on last 45 years. The book is a new contribution to the field of Romani studies and it will be interesting for readers from different fields: linguistics, history, education and cultural studies. Contents: Tamara Stanley: A sixth-generation American Kalderash from Seattle - Jorge Bernal: Murro sikljarno ande Romane studije - My teacher in Romani studies - William New: The “Gypsy” violin - David Nemeth: No higher compliment - Ronald Lee: Writing and translating Romani -Valdemar Kalinin: Roma and their neighbours in the Baltic Romani countries - Peter Bakker: Romani coin names - Anthony Grant: When the other writes back: some early Romani-language work by Roma and others and the cultural context of intellectual capability - Victor A. Friedman: Romani groups in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia: indexicalities of belonging - Michael Aceto: Patterns of lexical borrowing in pre-20th century North American English varieties - Eleni Kyratji & Angel Nicolaou-Konnari: The origin and profile of the Roma in Medieval Cyprus - Emine Dingeç: “Gypsies” in the Ottoman Empire and Hassa services - Riccardo Armillei & Bruno Mascitelli: The illusive search for identity and citizenship in a distant and rhetorical European Union: the case of the Romanies - Elena Marushiakova & Vesselin Popov: Orientalism in Romani studies: the case of Eastern Europe - Denisa Selická, Monika Štrbová & Marcela Šarvajcová: The Roma families in Slovakia - Jurina Rusnáková & Július Rusnák: Segregation and social networks of Roma - Neriman Açıkalın: The fact of early mariage among Romanies as a violation of child rights: the case of Mersin, Turkey - Hristo Kyuchukov & Jane Weiß: The Roma education in Nazi Germany and its consequences in contemporary Europe - Baki Hyuseinov: Education and qualification of the Roma community in Bulgaria - Milan Samko: Linguistic ideologies of Roma mothers and languages of their children - Chryso Pelekani: Teaching Gurbetcha to Roma children in Cyprus - Sofiya Zahova: ‘The Romani people’ narratives in books for Roma children. For the complete contents see our webshop. ISBN 9783862888511. Roma 05. 392pp. 2017.