A Romani women's anthology : spectrum of the blue water / edited by Hedina Tahirović Sijerčić and Cynthia Levine-Rasky.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tahirović Sijerčić, Hedina, editor.

Levine-Rasky, Cynthia, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women, Romani--Canada--Biography.

Women, Romani.

Women, Romani--Canada--Social conditions--21st century.

Social conditions.

Canada--Biography.

Canada.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xii, 284 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Spectrum of the blue water

Place of Publication:

Toronto, Canada : Inanna Publications and Education Inc., 2017.

Summary:

"Romani Women in Canada: Spectrum of the Blue Water is grounded upon Romani women's lived experience as writers, essayists, visual artists, and activists. Reflecting the panoply of women's voices, the book links everyday experience and a social critique of the factors that enable and constrain women's lives. Through incisive creativity, pragmatic action, and affective networks, the book is a consolidation of diverse expressions of agency and collectivity. Sharing a will to advance the dignity of women's lives, the contributors are as plural as their subject matter. Canadian Romani women are impressively diverse in their attachments, status, beliefs, and identities. The chapters in this book illustrate this multiplicity by traversing creative practices and writing motifs. Contributors are visual artists, fiction and non-fiction writers, poets, scholars, and essayists. Reflecting the breadth of contributors' creative genres, the book is eclectic in content with multiple forms of writing and images. Photographs of visual art and black-and-white portraits of Canadian Romani women will complement the written textual components."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Romani Identity / Hedina Tahirovic-Sijercic Tahirovic-Sijercic, Hedina 13

Life Stories in Poetry (poems) / Hedina Tahirovic-Sijercic Tahirovic-Sijercic, Hedina 41

Speaking of Subjectivities / Cynthia Levine-Rasky Levine-Rasky, Cynthia 58

Seeking Justice For Roma Refugees: How I Became a Leader in My Community / Gina Csanyi-Robah Csanyi-Robah, Gina 84

Roma / Julia Lovell Lovell, Julia 107

Activist in Hungary / Asylum-Seeker in Toronto: Five Years in Transition / Viktoria Mohacsi Mohacsi, Viktoria 108

Tillsonburg: Strategies for Living / Lynn Hutchinson Lee Lee, Lynn Hutchinson 118

My Life as a Romani Woman / Delilah Lee Lee, Delilah 135

What Is In A Name? / Ildi Gulyas Gulyas, Ildi 143

We Are the Roads that Meet / Elizabeth Lisa Ann Csanyi Csanyi, Elizabeth Lisa Ann 151

A Romani Woman's Beautiful Dream Comes True / Timea Ágnes Daróczi Daróczi, Timea Ágnes 163

Women in RomaRisingCA / Chad Evans Wyatt Wyatt, Chad Evans 173

I Stand Against the Binary: Art and Identity / Monica Bodirsky Bodirsky, Monica 180

Romani Advocacy, Identity, and Integration: Music and Myths in Montreal / Melaena Allen-Trottier Allen-Trottier, Melaena 202

It is in the Blood / Saskia Tomkins Tomkins, Saskia 225

Django on the Guitar / Arielle Dylan Dylan, Arielle 230

The Old Wedding Dress / Sarah Barbieux Barbieux, Sarah 231

Misery Loves Love, Misery Loves Me / Elizabeth Lisa Ann Csanyi Csanyi, Elizabeth Lisa Ann 241

"There Is Only One Gyongyi" / Gyongyi Hamori Hamori, Gyongyi, Bluma Teram Teram, Bluma 243

When Roma Can Disagree: The Need for Diverse Representation / Julianna Beaudoin Beaudoin, Julianna, Jennifer Danch Danch, Jennifer 263

Roma Sisters / Julia Lovell Lovell, Julia 275.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Spectrum of the blue water.

ISBN:

9781771334013

1771334010

OCLC:

970406047

Publisher Number:

99973232243