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Roma Voices in the German-Speaking World

Häftad, Engelska, 2016

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The Roma are Europe’s largest minority, and yet they remain one of the most misunderstood and underrepresented. Scholarship on the Roma in German-speaking countries has focused mostly on the portrayal of “Zigeuner/Gypsies” in literature by non-Roma and on persecution during the Nazi period. Rarely have scholars examined the actual voices of Roma to glean their perspectives on their social interactions and customs. Without such studies the Roma appear passive in the face of their long and troubled history. With a basis in theories of intersectionality, subalternity, and cultural hybridity, Roma Voices in the German-Speaking World rectifies this image of passivity by analyzing autobiographies, folktales, and novels by Roma, thereby promoting a better understanding of the multifaceted and multifarious cultures alive today in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. In documenting their voices, Roma writers unveil the large extent to which their personal lives, their social interactions with other Roma and non-Roma, and the images they project of their values and traditions are highly influenced by gender and ethnicity.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2016-09-08
Mått138 x 214 x 18 mm
Vikt740 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieNew Directions in German Studies
Antal sidor296
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781501326493

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AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: “For only together we are strong”Chapter 1. “I couldn’t talk with anyone else about this”: Roma Voicing GenderChapter 2. “I am eternally proud to be a Gypsy”: Roma Voicing EthnicityChapter 3. “It was because it wasn’t”: Gender and Ethnicity in Folktales, Fairy Tales, and Wonder TalesChapter 4. “I live with my deceased”: Trauma, Gender, and Ethnicity in Autobiographies by Ceija, Karl, and Mongo StojkaChapter 5. “The emotions are autobiographical, the story is fictional”: Confrontations with Violence in History and a History of Violence in Mariella Mehr’s WorksChapter 6: “It is a kind of life in conflict, between two worlds:”Voices of the Younger GenerationAppendix: Biographies of Romani WritersNotesBibliographyIndex

Roma Voices in the German-Speaking World is a wonderful testament to the resilience and creative spirit of the Romani people. Lorely French’s book provides a remarkable account of the transformation in the literature of German-speaking Roma that has occurred as a response to the atrocities of the Holocaust. It shows how Romani authors, in particular Romani women writers through personal and literary narratives, are able to redeem vanishing memories from oblivion, while also fostering a sense of common ethnic identity. This book can truly be considered a major contribution to the fast-growing field of Romani studies.