Antiziganism : what's in a word? : proceedings from the Uppsala International Conference on the Discrimination, Marginalization and Persecution of Roma, 23-25 October 2013 / edited by Jan Selling [and four others].

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Antiziganism. What's in a word? (Conference) (2013 : Uppsala, Sweden), Corporate Author.

Contributor:

Selling, Jan, editor.

Conference Name:

Antiziganism. What's in a word? (Conference) (2013 : Uppsala, Sweden) (2013 : Uppsala, Sweden)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Romanies--History--Congresses.

Romanies.

Romanies--Crimes against--History--Congresses.

Romanies--Civil rights--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In October 2013, more than 100 scholars gathered at an international conference in Uppsala to discuss ways to identify and analyse a theme which in recent years has attracted growing attention: the discrimination, marginalisation and persecution of Romanies. The approaches adopted in this volume range from critical theory, semiotics, discourse and cultural analysis to intersectional perspectives. Many contributors here argue for a conceptual understanding of this phenomenon that goes beyond t...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; KEYNOTE ADDRESS; PART I; CHAPTER ONE; COMMENT ON WOLFGANG WIPPERMANN,"THE LONGUE DURÉE OF ANTIZIGANISMAS MENTALITY AND IDEOLOGY"; CHAPTER TWO; COMMENT ON RADMILA MLADENOVA,"THE IMAGINED GYPSY; CHAPTER THREE; COMMENT ON CHALAK KAVEH,"ANTIZIGANISM IN NORWAY; PART II; CHAPTER FOUR; COMMENT ON DANIELA GRESS,"THE BEGINNINGS OF THE SINTI AND ROMACIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN THE FEDERALREPUBLIC OF GERMANY"; CHAPTER FIVE

COMMENT ON RAINER SCHULZE,"SILENCED VOICES: ROMA, KOSOVO,MEMORIES OF 'HOME,' AND THE NEEDFOR A NEW DISCOURSE"PART III; CHAPTER SIX; COMMENT ON MARTIN HOLLER,"HISTORICAL PREDECESSORS OF THE TERM'ANTI-GYPSYISM'"; CHAPTER SEVEN; COMMENT ON MARKUS END,"ANTIGYPSYISM; CHAPTER EIGHT; COMMENT ON JAN SELLING,"THE CONCEPTUAL GYPSY; PART IV; CHAPTER NINE; COMMENT ON PIA LASKAR,"THE CONSTRUCTION OF 'SWEDISH GENDER'THROUGH THE G-OTHER AS A COUNTERIMAGEAND THREAT"; CHAPTER TEN

COMMENT ON STEFAN BENEDIK,"SEDUCTIVE BODIES,(IN)ESCAPABLE BELONGING. SEXUALISATIONAND RACIALISATION OF THE ROMANI SUBJECTIN CONTEMPORARY CENTRAL EUROPEANPERFORMANCES"CHAPTER ELEVEN; PART V; CHAPTER TWELVE; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 7, 2015).

ISBN:

1-4438-7871-5

OCLC:

1058209879