'Wiggies' may be interested in the volume in the Series 'Culture and
> Society in Germany' which I have edited on
> 'Sinti and Roma: Gypsies in German-speaking society and literature'
> published by Berghahn, Oxford, New York, 1998, 168pp.
>
> The contents, a review, and ordering details follow.
>
> Introduction: Sinti and Roma: From Scapegoats and Stereotypes to
> Self-Assertion [Susan Tebbutt]
> Chap 1 Piecing Together the Jigsaw: The History of the Sinti and Roma
> in Germany [Susan Tebbutt]
> Chap 2 The Persecution of the Sinti and Roma in Munich 1933-1945
> [Ludwig Eiber]
> Chap 3 Persecuting the Survivors: The Continuity of 'Anti-Gypsyism'in
> Postwar Germany and Austria [Sybil Milton]
> Chap 4 The Development of the Romani Civil Rights Movement in Germnay
> 1945-1996 [Yaron Matras]
> Chap 5 Aspects of the Linguistic Interface Between German and Romani
> [Anthony P. Grant]
> Chap 6 Anti-Gypsyism in German Society and Literature [Daniel Strauss]
> Chap 7 On the Demonising of Jews and Gypsies in Fairy Tales {Wilhelm
> Solms]
> Chap 8 Images of Sinti and Roma in German Children's and Teenage
> Literature [Michail Krausnick]
> Chap 9 Challenging New Literary Images of Sinti and Roma [Susan
> Tebbutt]
> Conclusion [Susan Tebbutt]
> Notes on Contributors
> Select Bibliography
> Index
>
> Review:
> "The editor ... has assembled an impressive multidisciplinary range of
> experts - social, political and literary historians, linguists,
> philologists, a children's author, a Sinti and Roma representative ...
> All articles, while thoroughly researched, are accessible and
> elucidatory in a manner that recommends them to a broad readership".
> Dr Eoin Bourke, Professor of German, National University of Ireland,
> Galway.
>
> I would very much welcome any feedback and comments on the volume from
> WIGS members!
>
> ISBN 1-57181-921-5 Hardback £26
> ISBN 1-57181-922-3 Paperback £12.95
>
> Ordering
> UK and Europe
>
> Cheque payable to Plymbridge Distributors (UK
> Bank/Eurocheque) or VISA/Mastercard
> Postage and handling £1.50 for the first book, £1.00 for each
> additional book
> Tel: 01752 202301
> Fax: 01752 202333
> email: [log in to unmask]
>
> USA and Rest of World
>
> Berghahn Books Inc
> P.O. BOX 605
> Herndon, VA 20172
> Tel: (800) 540 8663
> Fax: (703)689 0660
>
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