Gypsies: The Hidden Americans | 
|  | | | Title: | Gypsies: The Hidden Americans | | Author: | Anne Sutherland | | Publisher: | Waveland Press | | Type: | Book / Paperback | | Publication Date: | July, 1986 | | ISBN / ISBN-13: | 0881332356 / 9780881332353 | | List Price: | $23.95 | | You Save: | $1.46 | | Amazon Price: | $22.49 | |
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The Gypsies portrayed in this book are the Vlax-speaking Rom, the largest group of Gypsies in the United States, numbering 500,000. Not officially recognized as a minority in the U.S. until 1972, Gypsies have led an almost entirely invisible existence here. Now in this fascinating work--the first complete account of American Gypsies--Sutherland has produced an in-depth look at the full range of everyday social life among the Rom. Separate, elusive, complex, and unique among the people of the world, Gypsies have preserved their traditional way of life. How have they avoided assimilation? What keeps them apart? How are they organized, and what do they believe? These and other important questions about these hidden Americans are addressed in Sutherland's contemporary study.
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• Anthropology Of Gypsies 13 October, 2008
This is definitely a used text book. Has a bit of underlining and a one color cover. It's pretty well written and interesting though perhaps a bit dry and technical. Not a book that a non-anthropologist would probably be interested in.
It's not an introductory level book, which is good. The problem with trade non-fiction is reading the same thing over and over again and never penetrating any deeper.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A3GVCT8J4UM2SF
• A Thorough Resource 30 April, 1999
A previous comment expressed dissapointment in this book, due to it's scholarly (and thus dry) content. To those looking for excitement and romance about this "fascinating subject," there are countless books out there, weaving tales of unsubstantiated and perpetuated misinformation for the sake of romance. Indeed, someone who wants to find accurate, thorough material on the Rom (especially in the US) with atleast a modicum of objectivity, is probably frustrated by the plentitude of such romantic Gypsy books. Sutherland's book, which has been called "techno-babble," is in fact what serious researchers would call an "ethnography"-- an amazing modern invention (however dry), that if it existed years ago, so much romantic crap about the Rom wouldn't have been accepted in print and thus Gypsies everywhere would probably be less oppressed by other's damaging notions. There are too few real ethnographies on the Rom in the English language, and anyone interested in learning about the Rom population in the US will probably begin their research with this book. It's also important to note that (as the necessity of any ethnography that desires to be somewhat thorough) only a specific group is dealt with in the book, and generalizations about all Rom in the US would be difficult.
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• A Great Ethnographic Study Of A Misunderstood Ethnic Group. 20 September, 1999
Due to its nature as an ethnographic study the book will apear as a dry relation of facts. However, the book carries get weight and is used in University Anthropology classes.
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• Gypsies; The Review 07 August, 2006
This ethnography is detailed and well written, without being too long. If you are really interesrted in learning about the culture of gypsies living in America it is worth a read.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A1W9499V7V776D
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