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2008
| A stunning personal story of life among the Gypsies in America. Lola's Luck introduces a remarkable woman who drew a young anthropologist into her colorful society and changed her life. Lola's story, "the story of the world!" tells of luck, kinship, love and an entire world hidden from view. With estimates between fifty thousand and more than a million, the Gypsy population is as mysterious as their ways, and vast amounts of misinformation swirl around them like so much painted fabric. With rema....[more] |
2010
| A rare inside look at Roma culture, ritual and belief at its peak in the American Gypsy experience
A disapora spread over five continents, Gypsies conjure the romance of a nomadic life, a nostalgia for a simpler time. We think of dancing Spanish Gypsies or French jazz guitarists or a Romanian king. Gypsies have yet to enter the American public consciousness, yet they have been arriving since the late sixteenth century. Columbus brought several, forcibly transported to the Colonies, and many....[more] |
1998
| "Missionaries" work from within the organization in their pursuit of gender equity. "Mandarins" work to adapt to the techniques and practices of the bureaucracy.This book examines two strategies for making the bureaucratic structures of organizations, multilateral institutions and NGOs more gender-equitable. The contributors examine gender struggles not only at the discursive level, where women's needs are constructed and contested, but also at the institutional level of bureaucratic rules, proc....[more] |
1999
| Did people from Asia cross the Pacific Ocean thousands of years ago and leave their mark on cultures of the ancient Americas? Carol Miller surveys parallels among the art, architecture, and customs of the Mayas and those of Asia, showing the likelihood of regular and continual exchanges between them. Book jacket. |
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