The Roma : a minority in Europe : historical, political and social perspectives / edited by Roni Stauber and Raphael Vago.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stauber, Roni.

Vago, Raphael.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Romanies--Europe--History--Congresses.

Romanies.

Romanies--Nazi persecution--Congresses.

Europe--Ethnic relations--Congresses.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 185 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The main issues arising from the encounter between Roma people and surrounding European society since the time of their arrival in Medieval Europe until today are discussed in this work. The history of their persecution and genocide during the Nazi era, in particular, is central to the present volume. Significantly, some authors sought to emphasize the continuing history of prejudice and persecution, which reached a peak during the Nazi era and persisted after the war. Current questions of social integration in Europe, as well as that of ethnic definition and the construction of ethnic-national identity constitute another principal pillar of the book. The complexity of issues involved, such as collective memory, myth-making and social constructionism, trigger intense debate among researchers dealing with Romani studies.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Foreword

Introduction

Religious Minorities, Vagabonds and Gypsies in Early Modern Europe

The Campaign against the Restless: Criminal Biology and the Stigmatization of the Gypsies, 1890−1960

Jews, Gypsies and Soviet Prisoners of War: Comparing Nazi Persecutions

Nazi and Postwar Policy against Roma and Sinti in Austria

Story, History and Memory: A Case Study of the Roma at the Komarom Camp in Hungary

Romanian Public Reaction to the Deportation of Gypsies to Transnistria

Gypsies in Germany—German Gypsies? Identity and Politics of Sinti and Roma in Germany

The Politics of Memory: Jews and Roma Commemorate Their Persecution

Human Rights and Roma Policy Formation in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland

Central European Roma Policy: National Minority Elites, National States and the EU

List of Contributors

Index

Notes:

Papers from a conference held in Dec. 2002 at Tel Aviv University.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-003-72304-7

978-6-15521-121-8

9786155211218

615-5211-21-3

2-8218-1513-1

1-281-37694-9

1-4294-6253-1

9781003723042

OCLC:

191940451