Overview

This work has been assembled in honour of the 70th birthday of the doyen of committed Romani linguistics in Britain, Donald Kenrick. It includes a critical biographical study of his work by Thomas Acton; theories on the emergence of Romani itself by Ian Hancock; Peter Bakker on the origins of English Romani; and Anthony Grant takes an unsentimental look at the prospects for survival of minority languages in Britain. Grattan Puxon illuminates the birth of the World Romani Congress, while Gunilla Lundgren shows how far Romani scholarship has come since the days of the Swedish Gypsylorist, the ""blond banditt"" Arthur Thesleff. Elena Marushiakova, Vesselin Popov and Milena Hubschmannova take a politicized approach to folklore, while Valdemar Kalinin takes Kenrick gently to task for underestimating the Romani contribution to the Russian spirit. The pivotal episode of the 20th century Romani history is the porraimos, the Nazi genocide of Roma. Susan Tebbutt looks at its impact on just one artist, while Herbert Heuss locates it in German society and history. All these and other papers are areas where Donald Kenrick has been a key thinker, encourager and networker.

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Author:   T.A. Acton
Publisher:   University of Hertfordshire Press
Imprint:   University of Hertfordshire Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.50cm
Weight:   0.445kg
ISBN:  

9781902806013

ISBN 10:   1902806018
Pages:   200
Publication Date:   17 October 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

A word for Donald - Barikano Lav Donaldoske; Valdemar Kalinin Introduction: the life and times of Donald Simon Kenrick; Thomas Acton A champion; Eli Frankham Chapter 1: The emergence of Romani as a Ko?n? outside India; Ian Hancock Chapter 2: The genesis of 'Angloromani'; Peter Bakker Chapter 3: Proclamation or preservation? The Bible and Minority Languages; Paul Ellingworth Chapter 4: The Celtic languages in the twenty-first century: a partisan review; Anthony P. Grant Chapter 5: Anti-Gypsyism is not a new phenomenon ; Herbert Heuss Chapter 6: My name in the Third Reich was Z5742 : the political art of the Austrian Rom, Karl Stojka; Susan Tebbutt Chapter 7: Myth as process; Elena Marushiakova and Vesselin Popov Chapter 8: The Romani movement: rebirth and the First World Romani Congress in retrospect; Grattan Puxon Chapter 9: Gypsies and planning policy; Diana Allen Chapter 10: The blond bandit Arthur Thesleff - committed scholarship in early Finnish Romani Studies and today; Gunilla Lundgren Chapter 11: A dialogue with Dr Donald Kenrick about the 'Russian spirit'; Valdemar Kalinin Chapter 12: Donald Kenrick as polyglot: could he be replaced by a machine? Erik V. Gunnemark Chapter 13: To eat is to honour God; Milena Hubschmannova A summary bibliography of works by Donald Kenrick; Thomas Acton Donald; Charles Smith Brief notes on contributors

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