Gypsy world : the silence of the living and the voices of the dead / Patrick Williams ; translated by Catherine Tihanyi.

"For many of us, one of the most important ways of coping with the death of a close relative is talking about them, telling all who will listen what they meant to us. Yet the Gypsies of central France, the Manuš, not only do not speak of their dead, they burn or discard the deceased's belongings, re...

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Uniform Title:Nous, on n'en parle pas. English
William G. Lockwood Collection of Romani Ethnology and Gypsy Stereotypes.
Main Author: Williams, Patrick, 1947-
Other Authors: Tihanyi, Catherine (Translator)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
French
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2003.
Series:William G. Lockwood Collection of Romani Ethnology and Gypsy Stereotypes.
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Local Note:
MSU: Copy 2 gift of William G. Lockwood and Yvonne R. Lockwood.
Physical Description:xi, 104 pages, 22 pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Format: Book

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