Roma Voices in the German-Speaking World

The Roma are Europe''s largest minority, and yet they remain one of the most misunderstood and underrepresented. Scholarship on the Roma in German-speaking countries has focused mostly on the portrayal of "Zigeuner/Gypsies" in literature by non-Roma and on persecution during the Nazi period. Rarely have scholars examined the actual voices of Roma to glean their perspectives on their social interactions and customs. Without such studies the Roma appear passive in the face of their long and troubled history. With a basis in theories of intersectionality, subalternity, and cultural hybridity, rectifies this image of passivity by analyzing autobiographies, folktales, and novels by Roma, thereby promoting a better understanding of the multifaceted and multifarious cultures alive today in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. In documenting their voices, Roma writers unveil the large extent to which their personal lives, their social interactions with other Roma and non-Roma, and the images they project of their values and traditions are highly influenced by gender and ethnicity.>

About the author

Lorely French is Professor of German, Distinguished University Professor, and Chair of the Department of World Languages and Literatures at Pacific University, USA.

Product details

• Authors: Lorely French, Lorely (Pacific University French, Professor Lorely (Pacific University French
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2016
• EAN: 9781501326493
• ISBN: 978-1-5013-2649-3
• No. of pages: 296
• Series: New Directions in German Studies; New Directions in German Studi; New Directions in German Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > German linguistics / literary studies; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / German, LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, german, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Gender studies: women, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Gender studies: women and girls, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Biracial & Multiracial Studies