Selling Romani Liberation

A Northern Perspective on Emancipatory Struggles and Progress
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-963-386-452-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 0 Seiten

Reihe: Critical Romani Studies Book Series

Autoren/Hrsg.

Selling, Jan

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction State of the art Outline PART 1: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES CHAPTER 1: International perspective: the long road to liberation 1. India's forgotten children? 2. Anatolia, a Romani melting pot 3. Early emancipation – and slavery 4. Persecution and protective letters of safe conduct 5. “Equal citizens of the Soviet Union” 6. Resistance during Nazi rule 7. 1940s: fragments of early activism 8. 1950s: The Paris milieu and legal emancipation 9. 1960s: Internationalisation and extra-parliamentary struggle 10. 1970s: World Romani Congress, German Sinti and Norwegian Travellers 11. 1980s: Demands for historical justice, invoking the Holocaust 12. 1990s: The fall of the wall, desegregation, Feminism, European agenda 13. 2000s: Minority rights, refugees, the begging issue 14. 2010s: Acknowledging antigypsyism, LBTQ, inclusion, pan-European identity building Excursus: “The Gypsy clause”: Jeanne Marie Czardas victory against the Norwegian state CHAPTER 2: Romani politics for historical justice and the fight against antigypsyism 1. Historical justice 2. Official apologies and recognition 3. Restitution, reparations and compensation 4. Romani extra-parliamentary interventions against antigypsyism Excursus: Memorial to the Nazi genocide of European Romani and Sinti CHAPTER 3: DECOLONIZING ROMANI STUDIES 1. Scientific Racism, philoziganism, gypsylorism, and antigypsyism 2. Table 1. Types of antigypsyism. A tentative model. 3. Challenging antigypsyist hegemony through interventions 4. Romani intellectuals enter the scene 5. The Stockholm Compromise 6. Academic populism: The Dr Honoris Scandal 7. Concluding remarks Excursus: The abolition and aftermath of slavery CHAPTER 4: Agency, structures and discourses in Romani liberation 1. The agency perspective 2. The structural perspective 3. The discourse perspective Excursus: Djelem Djelem (Gelem Gelem) PART 2: THE SWEDISH EXPERIENCE CHAPTER 5: Romani emancipation in Sweden: a historical overview. 1. Historical background 2. Early Romani activism in Sweden 3. The significance of Katarina Taikon 4. Recognition as a national minority and inclusion policy 5. A look ahead Excursus: Rosa Taikon –Romani silversmithing and activism CHAPTER 6: Momentum for Romani rights in Sweden: 2010–2016? 1. White Papers, police registries and the begging debate 2. The Swedish example 3. Momentum evolves 4. Influence of the begging debate 5. Two steps forward, one step back 6. Excursus: “A Collective Romani Voice”? Closing words 1. CHAPTER 7: Final reflection 2. Afterword by Soraya Post 3. Afterword by Hans Caldaras 4. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT BIBLIOGRAPHY 1. INTERNET RESOURCES 2. OTHER SOURCES 3. LIST OF IMAGES INDEX OF PERSONS

Über Autor(innen)

Selling Jan :
Jan Selling is Associate Professor in History is Head of the Romani Studies Department at Södertörn University, Sweden.