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Roma Voices in the German-Speaking World: New Directions in German Studies

Autor Professor Lorely French
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 7 sep 2016
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.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781501326493
ISBN-10: 150132649X
Pagini: 296
Ilustrații: 10 bw illus
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Seria New Directions in German Studies

Locul publicării:New York, United States

Caracteristici

Presents the historical role that Roma have played in the German-speaking countries and Europe highlights themes of discrimination, persecution, integration, assimilation, patriarchal norms, cultural transformations, maintenance of customs, and group solidarity

Notă biografică

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

Cuprins

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

Recenzii

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.
At last a work that does not reduce Roma to objects of scientific interest but gives space to the literary self-expression of German-speaking Roma and makes these authentic voices heard. This impeccable literary analysis incorporates the actual results of other disciplines and leads to a new view of this still marginalized group. An important book!"