Roma Voices in the German-Speaking World
Bloomsbury Academic USA (Verlag)
978-1-5013-0279-4 (ISBN)
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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. Anthropological and historical studies have frequently portrayed Romani groups as displaying a patriarchal social structure with highly demarcated roles for men and women. In contrast, the significant parts that both men and women play in disseminating autobiographical, fictional, and historical narratives challenge this ubiquitous notion of largely patriarchal Romani cultures. The insights that both sexes provide on the relationship between gender and ethnicity in the context of cultural taboos, norms, and expectations unveil the complexities and diversities inherent in any minority group and its relationship to the dominant society.
Lorely French is Professor of German, Distinguished University Professor, and Chair of the Department of World Languages and Literatures at Pacific University, USA.
Acknowledgments
Introduction: “For only together we are strong”
Chapter 1. “I couldn’t talk with anyone else about this”: Roma Voicing Gender
Chapter 2. “I am eternally proud to be a Gypsy”: Roma Voicing Ethnicity
Chapter 3. “It was because it wasn’t”: Gender and Ethnicity in Folktales, Fairy Tales, and Wonder Tales
Chapter 4. “I live with my deceased”: Trauma, Gender, and Ethnicity in Autobiographies by Ceija, Karl, and Mongo Stojka
Chapter 5. “The emotions are autobiographical, the story is fictional”: Confrontations with Violence in History and a History of Violence in Mariella Mehr’s Works
Chapter 6: “It is a kind of life in conflict, between two worlds: ”Voices of the Younger Generation
Appendix: Biographies of Romani Writers
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 16.7.2015 |
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Reihe/Serie | New Directions in German Studies |
Zusatzinfo | 10 bw illus |
Verlagsort | New York |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 140 x 216 mm |
Gewicht | 518 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
ISBN-10 | 1-5013-0279-5 / 1501302795 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-5013-0279-4 / 9781501302794 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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