Power on the move : Adivasi and Roma accessing social justice / Cristina-Ioana Dragomir.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dragomir, Cristina-Ioana, author.

Contributor:

Park-Choi Fund for Anthropology Studies.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nomads--Social conditions--Case studies.

Nomads.

Marginality, Social--Case studies.

Marginality, Social.

Social mobility--Case studies.

Social mobility.

Social justice--Case studies.

Social justice.

Political participation--Case studies.

Political participation.

Romanies--Romania--Transylvania--Social conditions.

Romanies.

Romanies--Political activity--Romania--Transylvania.

Yerukala (Indic people)--India--Tamil Nadu--Social conditions.

Yerukala (Indic people).

Yerukala (Indic people)--Political activity--India--Tamil Nadu.

Nomads--Social conditions.

Romanies--Social conditions.

India--Tamil Nadu.

Romania--Transylvania.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

ix, 285 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2022.

Summary:

"Based on intensive ethnographic work in Romania and India conducted over six years, this book traces the struggle for social justice in Roma and Adivasi communities. Throughout centuries of persecution and marginalization, the Roma and Adivasi have been viewed as both victims and fighters, as royals and paupers, beasts and gods, and lately have been challenging the political and social order by defying the status quo. Different from commonly held suppositions that assume most marginalized and mobile communities typically resist the state and engage in hostile acts to undermine its authority, Power on the Move shows how these groups are willing to become full members. By utilizing different means, such as protests, sit-ins and grass roots organizing, they aim to gain the attention of the state (national and international), hoping to reach inclusion and access social justice"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction

2. Being Adivasi: The Narikuravar in Tamil Nadu

3. Being a Roma in Romania

4. Power: Internal and External Dynamics

Stories: Women on the Move, the Other Side of Gender

5. `Our Justice'

6. Discrimination and the Politics of Denial

7. Formal Practices of Aiming for Justice

8. Informal Practices of Aiming for Justice

9. Conclusions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Park-Choi Fund for Anthropology Studies.

Other Format:

Online version: Dragomir, Cristina-Ioana. Power on the move

ISBN:

9781350229877

1350229873

9781350229914

1350229911

OCLC:

1269618786

Publisher Number:

99992925102