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“The American Rom: A Case of Economic Adaptation.” in Gypsies, Tinkers and Other Travellers, edited by Farnham Rehfisch, (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975). pp 1–40. Sutherland, Anne. Gypsies: The Hidden Americans (Tavistock Publications, 1975). Sway, Marlene. Familiar Strangers: Gypsy Life in America (University of Illinois Press, 1988).
Nettie Stanley - matriarch of the family starring in the TLC reality television series "Gypsy Sisters" Chrissy Teigen - model, television personality, author; Tracey Ullman - actress; Cecilia Woloch - poet [14] Yul Brynner - Russian-born American actor who was an Honorary President of the second World Romani Congress, whose mother was a ...
As time elapsed, the notion of "the gipsy/gypsy" altered to include other associated stereotypes such as nomadism and exoticism. [27] John Matthews in The World Atlas of Divination refer to gypsies as "Wise Women". [28] Colloquially, gipsy/gypsy is used refer to any person perceived by the speaker as fitting the gypsy stereotypes. [29]
Gratiela Brancusi – American-Romanian actress; Yul Brynner – Russian-American actor and honorary president of the International Romani Union; Jesús Castro- Spanish actor; Charlie Chaplin – English comic actor [29] Lyalya Chyornaya – Russian actress; Jan Cina – Czech actor [30] Joaquín Cortés – Spanish ballet and flamenco dancer
Tells you about the world "Gypsy" and Hungarian Slovak Gypsies. An 80 page published study. Romani Realities in the United States - Harvard University; Gypsy Violins Hungarian Slovak Gypsies in America, 2012 by Steve Piskor ISBN 978-0-578-09989-7; Gypsy Fires in America p. 214 by Irving Brown, 1924 - Irving Brown writes about Braddock, Pa Gypsies
The term gitano evolved from the word egiptano [10] ("Egyptian"), which was the Old Spanish demonym for someone from Egipto (Egypt). "Egiptano" was the regular adjective in Old Spanish for someone from Egypt, however, in Middle and Modern Spanish the irregular adjective egipcio supplanted egiptano to mean Egyptian, probably to differentiate Egyptians from Gypsies.
listed alphabetically by surname. Adam Ant (born 1954) – English punk/New Wave musician; of Romanichal descent; Jake Bowers (born 1971) – journalist and broadcaster; James Carver (born 1969) – British MEP (Member of the European Parliament) Charlie Chaplin (1889–1977) - English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer
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