Lexington Books
Pages: 258
Trim: 6¼ x 9
978-1-4985-5839-6 • Hardback • May 2018 • $110.00 • (£85.00)
978-1-4985-5841-9 • Paperback • October 2020 • $39.99 • (£31.00)
978-1-4985-5840-2 • eBook • May 2018 • $38.00 • (£29.00)
Melanie R. Covert is assistant professor of psychology at Brenau University.
Introduction: The Roma: Who They Are
1. Roma Media Representations: Fantasy and Fiction
2. Discrimination and Prejudice in the Daily Lives of the Roma
3. Roma Lives and Attitudes: A Look into the Past and the Present
4. The Price of Roma Prejudice: Structural and Personal Marginalization
5. Roma and Education
6. Roma Identity and Traditional Lifestyles: Protective Barriers in a Hostile World
7. Roma Activism and Final Thoughts
Melanie Covert’s is the first book of its kind illuminating the experiences of Romani Americans. It is full of sharp analysis, rich accounts, and opens the reader’s eyes to the complexities of Romani American identity. Covert should be praised for demonstrating a dire need for increased race consciousness for a largely invisible group in the United States. American Roma dispels the myths of easy assimilation for Romani Americans and gives light to cultural mores and struggles with both historical trauma and negative stereotypes.
— Rosalind Chou, Georgia State University