Romani studies
"You could also do a lot worse than buying the entire back catalogue of the University of Hertfordshire Press, a tiny but valiant publishing house which is the main source of Romani Studies in this country. They publish works by many of the acknowledged world experts: Ian Hancock, Thomas Acton and Donald Kenrick among them and a fascinating array of books by Roma people themselves"
Louise Doughty, Independent on Sunday
Books to explore
After All These Years
Author: Maggie Smith-Bendell
Format: Paperback
In her bestselling autobiography, Our Forgotten Years (also published as Rabbit Stew and a Penny or Two), Maggie Smith-Bendell told of her life as a Romani Gypsy. Her second book is full of more of her vivid memories.
Price: £8.99
Out of print
All Change!
Editor: Damian Le Bas , Thomas Acton
Format: Paperback
With its broad survey of international Gypsy politics and culture, this collection brings together the leading Romani scholars of the day in wide-ranging and engaging scholarship.
Big Louie and Me
Author: George Locke
Format: Paperback
George Locke's warm-hearted memoir of life in a very close-knit Gypsy community in the Black Country.
Danger! Educated Gypsy
Author: Ian Hancock
Format: Paperback
This timely collection of Ian Hancock's selected writings is an attempt to introduce this dangerously educated and educating man through the medium of his work. Within its covers you will find some personal stories and much persuasive scholarship, heartfelt criticisms and sincere advice.
From Race Science to the Camps
Author: Herbert Heuss , Frank Sparing , Karola Fings , Henriette Asséo
Format: Paperback
Volume 1 of The Gypsies during the Second World War
Gypsies
Author: Donald Kenrick
Format: Paperback
Scholars have argued for centuries over the origin of the Gypsies and this profusely illustrated book tells their unique story.
Gypsies and Flamenco
Author: Bernard Leblon
Format: Paperback
This expanded and updated edition, heavily illustrated, traces the development of Gypsy music during the long migration of professional Gypsy musicians from India to Spain and their role in the development of flamenco music.
Gypsies Under the Swastika
Author: Donald Kenrick , Grattan Puxon
Format: Paperback
“One of the most important publications in recent decades on the history of the Romanies” Rainer Jaroschek, Lacio Drom
Price: £14.99
Out of print
Gypsy Dialects
Author: Edward Proctor
Format: Hardback
A selective annotated bibliography of materials for the practical study of Romani.
Gypsy Politics and Traveller Identity
Editor: Thomas Acton
Format: Paperback
This comparative study of Gypsy politics in Britain and abroad includes work from established Romani Studies' scholars but also from younger writers and represents the cutting edge of scholarship on this subject.
In the Shadow of the Swastika
Editor: Donald Kenrick
Format: Paperback
Volume 2 of The Gypsies during the Second World War
Insiders, Outsiders and Others
Author: Kalwant Bhopal , Martin Myers
Format: Ebook
Kalwant Bhopal and Martin Myers look at the often harsh realities faced by Gypsy communities in Britain and shed light on the continuing failure to allow Gypsies to be truthfully represented.
Learn Romani
Author: Ronald Lee
Format: Paperback
This course of Romani language lessons is aimed at non-Romanis who want to learn Romani, and also at Romani people who wish to re-learn their ancestral language in its modern form.
Our Forgotten Years
Author: Maggie Smith-Bendell
Format: Paperback
As well as telling the story of her family's ups and downs in the course of their yearly journeys to the pea-fields of Somerset and the hop-gardens of Herefordshire, Maggie recounts her own journey to become a prominent campaigner for Gypsy rights.
Romani Culture and Gypsy Identity
Editor: Thomas Acton , Gary Mundy
Format: Paperback
This book provides scholarly accounts of Gypsy culture, art and music together with contemporary accounts of developments in Gypsy education and health.
Smoke in the Lanes
Author: Dominic Reeve
Format: Paperback
“The real deal ... a fascinating, unflinching portrait of the rich diversity of characters and traditions of the Romani life at a time when it was threatened as never before” Choice Magazine
Stopping Places
Author: Simon Evans
Format: Paperback
Including many photographs from the period, this book gives vivid first-hand accounts of the traditional life of Gypsies from the South-East of England.
The Final Chapter
Editor: Donald Kenrick
Format: Paperback
Volume 3 of The Gypsies during the Second World War
The Roads of the Roma
Editor: Ian Hancock , Siobhan Dowd , Rajko Djuric
Format: Paperback
A PEN anthology of Gypsy writers
The Roma Struggle for Compensation in Post-War Germany
Author: Julia von dem Knesebeck
Format: Ebook
Drawing on a substantial body of previously unseen sources, this book examines the history of the struggle of Roma for recognition as racially persecuted victims of National Socialism in post-war Germany.
We are the Romani People
Author: Ian Hancock
Format: Paperback
This highly readable introduction to Roma life, written by a Gypsy, considers culture, language, politics, society, health, and food to provide an insightful portrait of this fascinating minority.
Winter Time
Author: Walter Winter
Format: Paperback
Chosen as one of the Daily Express Literary Editor’s “Books of the Year 2004”