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Roma communities today Historical background, culture and current issues

ANTH 4020/5020. Roma communities today Historical background, culture and current issues. Week 12 Class 1: Roma in the U.S. (cont.). Today‘s outline. Film „American Gypsy “ Film discussion Text discussion (R. Gropper, 1975, „ Gypsies in the City“). Documentary. Short summary.

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Roma communities today Historical background, culture and current issues

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  1. ANTH 4020/5020 Roma communities todayHistorical background, culture and current issues Week 12 Class 1: Roma in the U.S. (cont.)

  2. Today‘s outline • Film „American Gypsy“ • Film discussion • Text discussion (R. Gropper, 1975, „Gypsies in the City“)

  3. Documentary

  4. Short summary … the story ofJimmy Marks, a used car salesman in Spokane, Washington …

  5. Discussion questions • What were your main new insights about Roma communities today? Surprising facts? • Which acts or statements in the film express prejudice and false perception on the side of the Gadje? • Why was the Marks family declared unclean (by other Roma) after their home was raided by the police? • What are the (social) consequences of the American Roma‘s desire to limit contact with non-Roma? • What did you not like about the making of the documentary? Is there anything you find risky or difficult?

  6. Text presentation by Caitlin: • Gropper, Rena. 1975. Gypsies in the city. Cultural Patterns and Survival. Princeton: The Darwin Press, pp.17-59 (Ch. 2: Gypsies in the United States and in New York; Ch. 3: The Economics of being a Gypsy).

  7. Discussion questions • What do youthinkaboutthe“quality“ orthoroughnessofthisethnographicstudy? • Howare Roma maintainingseperateness? • Why do theyviewothersasalienandimpure? • Whydidthe Roma in the U.S. manage toretainmuchmoreculturaltraditionsthangroups in Europe?

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