Roma Voices in the German-Speaking World

Lorely French is Professor of German, Distinguished University Professor, and Chair of the Department of World Languages and Literatures at Pacific University, USA.

• 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.