Re: Re: American Gypsy follow-up

["J. Barkley Rosser, Jr." <rosserjb@xxxxxxx>]

Jim,
      The term "gypsy" has long been used in such
a broader context.  Hippies were sometimes called
that.  And, of course, Matthew Arnold characterized
himself in a romantic mode as the "Scholar-Gipsy."
Barkley Rosser
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Devine <jdevine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: pen-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <pen-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 2:56 PM
>Subject: [PEN-L:987] Re: American Gypsy follow-up


>At 02:23 PM 8/30/00 -0400, you wrote:
>>Today, hardly any Roma are nomadic, and in the United States there is a
>>sophisticated network of territories, and a good percentage of
middle-class
>>Roma. The situation in Europe however, remains grim, with most Roma living
>>well below the poverty line,
>
>As I understand it, people in Europe often refer to "Gypsies" as a broader
>group than the Roma. It includes street people, nomads, thieves, etc.
>
>Jim Devine jdevine@xxxxxxx &  http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine
>
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