UID:
edocfu_9959852093802883
Format:
1 online resource (256 p.)
ISBN:
9781442606821
Series Statement:
Teaching Culture: UTP Ethnographies for the Classroom
Content:
Roma—or Gypsies as some people still call them—constitute Europe's largest, poorest, and most enigmatic minority. In spite of their centuries-long coexistence with mainstream Europeans, our picture of this people remains rooted in stereotypes and myths that have little in common with contemporary social reality. Full-fledged citizens of the European Union, and ostensibly protected by the world's most progressive human rights legislation, many Roma live under conditions that challenge our notions of Europe, modernity, and pluralism.This book is about a Romani settlement in eastern Slovakia. It is a community that has grown to become one of the largest and most problematic townships of rural Roma in the entire district. The dark-skinned squatters on the margins of Svinia are segregated from the surrounding society by means of physical and social barriers entrenched in local ideology and enforced by rules and conventions reminiscent of apartheid.David Scheffel offers a detailed ethnographic account of the social, cultural, and historical circumstances that have encouraged and supported inter-ethnic inequality in the region. In the process, he demonstrates the complexity of what is often referred to as Europe's "Gypsy problem" with passion and sensitivity.
Note:
Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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List of Tables and Figures --
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Acknowledgements --
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Introduction --
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One. A FRAGMENTED COMMUNITY --
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Two. INSIDE THE OSADA --
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Three. ROMANI MARGINALITY IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE --
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Conclusions: What Went Wrong in Svinia? --
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Bibliography --
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Index
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In English.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.3138/9781442606821
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781442606821
