Svinia in Black & White: Slovak Roma and Their Neighbours

by David Z. Scheffel

Roma-or Gypsies as some people still call them-constitute Europe's largest, poorest, and most enigmatic minority. In spite of their centuries-long coexistence with mainstream Europeans, our picture of this people remains rooted in stereotypes and myths that have little in common with contemporary social reality. Full-fledged citizens of the European Union, and ostensibly protected by the world's most progressive human rights legislation, many Roma...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1551116073
• ISBN13: 9781551116075
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"