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OverviewA cultural history of Europe's response to the Roma This remarkable book describes a dark side of European history- the rejection of the Roma from their initial arrival in the late Middle Ages to the present day. To Europeans, the Roma appeared to be in complete contradiction with their own culture, because of their mysterious origins, unknown language and way of life. As representatives of an oral culture, for centuries the Roma have left virtually no written records of their own. Their history has been conveyed to us almost exclusively through the distorted images that European cultures project. Persecuted and shunned, the Roma nonetheless spread out across the continent and became an important, indeed indispensable element in the European imagination. Countless composers, artists and writers have responded to Romani culture and to fantasies thereof. Their projections onto a group whose illiteracy and marginalization gave it so little direct voice of its own have always been a very uneasy mixture of the inspired, the patronizing and the frighteningly ignorant. The book also shows the link between cultural violence, social discrimination and racist policies that paved the way for the genocide of the Roma. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Klaus-Michael Bogdal , Jefferson ChasePublisher: Penguin Books Ltd Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd Dimensions: Width: 12.90cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 19.80cm Weight: 0.422kg ISBN: 9780141997292ISBN 10: 014199729 Pages: 608 Publication Date: 25 July 2024 Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , General , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available  This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsReviewsA magisterial contribution to the understanding of the cultural position of Romani people in Europe. … nothing short of astounding. * Literary Review * One of the most important works on the origins and presence of prejudices in our time. * Amnesty Journal * Politically startling and intellectually electric. * Der Tagesspiegel * Author InformationKlaus-Michael Bogdal is Professor of German Literature at the University of Bielefeld. He won the Leipzig Book Prize for European Understanding for the original German edition of Europe and the Roma. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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