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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).
American Gypsy is a funk music group formed in Los Angeles that achieved its greatest success in the Netherlands. [1] [2] In 1974, they had a top ten hit on the Single Top 100 Dutch pop music chart. [3] The group has performed under various names, including: Blue Morning, Orpheus and Pasadena Ghetto Orchestra. [4]
[89] [90] [91] The attendees of the first World Romani Congress in 1971 unanimously voted to reject the use of all exonyms for the Roma, including "Gypsy". [92] However, it is the group's common name amongst Romani people in the United Kingdom. [93] Romani slaves were first shipped to the Americas with Columbus in 1498. [94]
On the season four premiere of "My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding," dress designer extraordinaire Sondra Celli made history by creating the biggest, fattest wedding dress the show has ever seen.
American Gypsies is an American reality television series on National Geographic Channel. [1 ... My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding, which aired from 2012 to 2016 ...
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Nettie Stanley - matriarch of the family starring in the TLC reality television series "Gypsy Sisters" Tracey Ullman - actress; Cecilia Woloch - poet [16] Yul Brynner - Russian-born American actor who was an Honorary President of the second World Romani Congress, whose mother was a Romanian Roma [17] Glenda Bailey-Mershon - writer [16]
The English term gypsy or gipsy [16] is commonly used to indicate Romani people, [17] and use of the word gipsy in modern-day English is pervasive (and is a legal term under English law—see below), and some Romani organizations use it in their own organizational names, particularly in the United Kingdom.