The Role of the Romanies: Images and Counter-Images of ‘Gypsies’/Romanies in European Cultures
ISBN: 9781846313950
Platform/Publisher: Oxford Academic / Liverpool University Press
Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Unlimited; Download: Unlimited
Subjects: Cultural Studies;

Since their arrival in Europe at the beginning of the eleventh century, the OCyGypsiesOCO have stimulated and fascinated the European imagination, but have also always been perceived as OCyotherOCO and marginalised. This title is split into four parts and seeks to address the questions raised by the ambivalent encounter of the OCyGypsiesOCO with European cultures. The volume begins with three chapters about the genesis, development and scope of Romany Studies. Constructions of Romany culture and identity are at the heart of the second part. Part three focuses on nineteenth- and twentieth-century literary constructions of Romany identity, be it from a gadzo or Romany perspective. The final part tackles the question of how the role of the Romanies will be remembered, recorded and commemorated."


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