The Roma and Their Struggle for Identity in Contemporary Europe

Huub van Baar is Professor of Politics at Leuven International and European Studies (LINES), Faculty of Social Sciences, KU Leuven in Belgium.

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Foreword: Roma, Jews and European History

Malachi H. Hacohen



Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations



PART I: INTRODUCTIONS



Introduction: The Roma in Contemporary Europe: Struggling for Identity at a Time of Proliferating Identity Politics

Huub van Baar with Angéla Kóczé



Chapter 1. Decolonizing Canonical Roma Representations: The Cartographer with an Army

Huub van Baar



PART II: SOCIETY, HISTORY AND CITIZENSHIP



Chapter 2. The Impact of Multi-faceted Segregation on Roma Collective Identity and Citizenship Rights

Júlia Szalai



Chapter 3. Reflections on Socialist-Era Archives in Hungary and Shifting Romani Identity

Nidhi Trehan



Chapter 4. Gendered and Racialized Social Insecurity of Roma in East Central Europe

Angéla Kóczé



PART III: EUROPE AND THE CHALLENGE OF 'ETHNIC MINORITY GOVERNANCE'



Chapter 5. Governing the Roma, Bordering Europe: Europeanization, Securitization and Differential Inclusion

Huub van Baar



Chapter 6. Ethnic Identity and Policymaking: A Critical Analysis of the EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies

Iulius Rostas



PART IV: GENDER AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS



Chapter 7. Intersectional Intricacies: Romani Women’s Activists at the Crossroads of Race and Gender

Debra L. Schultz



Chapter 8. Can the Tables Be Turned with a New Strategic Alliance? The Struggles of the Romani Women’s Movement in Central and Eastern Europe

Violetta Zentai



PART V: ART AND CULTURE



Chapter 9. Ethnicity Unbound: Conundrums of Culture in Representations of Roma

Carol Silverman



Chapter 10. Identity as a Weapon of the Weak? Understanding the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture – An Interview with Tímea Junghaus and Anna Mirga-Kruszelnicka

Tina Magazzini



Chapter 11. A ‘Gypsy Revolution’: The Ongoing Legacy of Delaine & Damian Le Bas

Annabel Tremlett and Delaine Le Bas



Epilogue: The Challenge of Recognition, Redistribution and Representation of Roma in Contemporary Europe.

Angéla Kóczé and Huub van Baar



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