Re: Books about Gypsies?

Deborah Stevenson wrote:

> Donna Pedaci wrote:

>> As far as the word Traveler, there is still some argument as to whether the
>> Travelers are actually Rom, it's also believed that they are descendents of
>> those displaced during the potato famine.

> Interesting.  There's an upcoming book called _See You Down the Road_ by Kim
> Ablon Whitney, focusing on a Traveler family in the US.  I don't have the
> knowledge to speak to its authenticity, but while there are occasional uses of
> cant, they never identify as Rom or even, IIRC, mention the term--there is not
> only a rejection of the term "gypsy," but a suggestion that there's a specific
> meaning to it about culturelessness.  They're definitely Irish, and there's
> mention of the differences (in a discussion of clannishness) between them and
> the Scottish Travelers.
> 
> Anyway, if you or anybody has any references that would give some
> sociocultural background on the subject, I'd be really interested to know
> about them.

[http://sca.lib.liv.ac.uk/collections/gypsy/travell.htm]

[http://www.gypsyloresociety.org/cultureintro.html]

[http://www.pitt.edu/~alkst3/USA.html]

[http://foclark.tripod.com/gypsy/]

[http://www.travellersrest.org/]

[http://www.rickross.com/groups/irish_travelers.html]

Stephen.