Królowie cygańscy w II Rzeczypospolitej. Wokół dorobku Jerzego Ficowskiego na temat sprawy cygańskiej w okresie międzywojennym
Kings of the Gypsies in interwar Poland. Jerzy Ficowski’s works on the Gypsies in the interwar period
Author(s): Alicja GontarekSubject(s): Social history, Polish Literature, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), Ethnic Minorities Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie
Keywords: Interwar Poland; Gypsies; gypsy kings; Jerzy Ficowski; Kwieks’ family; Piłsudski’s block;
Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the research conducted by Jerzy Ficowski on the Kings of the Gypsies from the Kwiek clan. Finding of it have been presented in his work entitled Cyganie na polskich drogach. It also constitutes a polemic on the main theses that have been included in the aforementioned work which refers to such key issues as the cultural and linguistic origins of the Kwiek clan, their form of kingly rule, the areas and types of activities undertaken by their kingly leaders, or their alliance with Piłsudski’s block in interwar Poland.
Journal: Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis. Studia Historicolitteraria
- Issue Year: 2016
- Issue No: 16
- Page Range: 145-158
- Page Count: 14
- Language: Polish
