Textures of Belonging

Senses, Objects and Spaces of Romanian Roma
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-80073-137-0
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 4, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 482 g

Reihe: Romani Studies

The longstanding European conception that Roma and non-Roma are separated by unambiguous socio-cultural distinctions has led to the construction of Roma as “non-belonging others.” Challenging this conception, Textures of Belonging explores how Roma negotiate and feel belonging at the everyday level. Inspired by material culture, sensorial anthropology, and human geography approaches, this book uses ethnographic research to examine the role of domestic material forms and their sensorial qualities in nurturing connections with people and places that transcend socio-political boundaries.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Racle¿, Andreea

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Historische & Regionale Volkskunde
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements



Introduction

PART I: MATERIALITIES OF BELONGING

Chapter 1. Ethics and Attempts

Chapter 2. Aesthetic Presences

Chapter 3. Modernising Absences

Chapter 4. Home Textures

Chapter 5. Tastes of Home

PART II: SENSES OF (NON)BELONGING

Chapter 6. Olfactory Politics and Everyday Racism

Chapter 7. De-Constructions of ‘Olfactory Alterities’

Chapter 8. Writing Smells

Chapter 9. Manufacturing Smells

Conclusion: Sensing (Non-)Belonging

References

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Andreea Racles is Research Associate at the Institute for Sociology, Justus Liebig University, Giessen (Germany). She was awarded the Herbert-Stolzenberg-Prize for Excellent Dissertation Projects in the Study of Culture (2019).