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Writing the Roma : histories, policies, and communities in Canada / Cynthia Levine-Rasky.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Levine-Rasky, Cynthia, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Romanies--History.
- Romanies.
- History.
- Romanies--Ethnic identity.
- Romanies--Social conditions.
- Romanies--Canada.
- Refugees--Canada.
- Refugees.
- Canada--Emigration and immigration.
- Canada.
- Emigration and immigration.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 210 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Halifax ; Winnipeg : Fernwood Publishing, [2016]
- Summary:
- "The culmination of four years of ethnographic research at the Roma Community Centre in Toronto, Writing the Roma is the first book to provide an overview of the identities, origins, history and treatment of Roma refugees. Cynthia Levine-Rasky traces the historical and cultural roots of the Roma in Europe, through their genocide in the Holocaust, their persecution in Eastern Europe in the post-Communist era, to their settlement as refugees in Canada. What emerges is a book that challenges the stereotypes surrounding this non-territorial nation while exposing the ways that Canadian immigration policies have affected Roma populations."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Entering the Community 1
- 1 Framing the Issues 2
- The Structure of the Book 5
- Romani Subjectivities 6
- The Interviews 9
- Naming the Roma 11
- The Roma People 21
- 2 India to Europe to Canada 22
- The Origins of the Roma 22
- The Roma Enter Europe 26
- The Roma in Canadian History 31
- 3 Myths and Practices 44
- The Myth of the Gypsy Nomad 45
- Orthodox Romani Practice 52
- 4 The Roma in World War II 64
- The Final Solution 67
- The Problem of Reparations 73
- 5 The Roma During the Communist Era and the Rise of Nationalism 76
- Soviet Union 77
- Yugoslavia 77
- Czechoslovakia 78
- Bulgaria 79
- Romania 80
- Hungary 80
- Eastern European Nationalism 82
- Roma Refugees and the Refugee System 89
- 6 Conditions for Roma in Hungary 90
- The Escalation of Violence 92
- The Fidesz Party 95
- The Jobbik Party 97
- The Hungarian Guard 98
- Obstacles to Justice in Legislation 100
- Obstacles to Justice in Policing 101
- The Roma and Crime 102
- 7 The Canadian Refugee System and the Roma 108
- Refugee Admission Rates and Romani Claimants 110
- The Persecution Criterion 120
- 8 Reforms to the System and Designated Countries of Origin 125
- The Process of Designation 127
- Critics of the DCO System 130
- Reasons for Reforms 132
- Ministerial Interventions 136
- 9 Refusing Roma Refugee Claimants 144
- E.U. Membership and Its Ironies 145
- Persecution and its Denial 148
- Conditions of Persecution for European Roma 152
- Building the Community 159
- 10 Getting Organized 160
- The Roma Community Centre 164
- Strategic Essentialism and Shared Interests 172.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 180-203) and index.
- Other Format:
- Levine-Rasky, Cynthia, 1958-, author. Writing the Roma.
- ISBN:
- 9781552668825
- 1552668827
- OCLC:
- 950689593
- Publisher Number:
- 99969472095
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