Sinti and Roma

Gypsies in German-speaking Society and Literature
1. Auflage 1998
ISBN: 978-1-57181-922-2
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 2, 196 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 254 g

Reihe: Culture & Society in Germany

According to opinion polls, Germans are less favorably disposed towards the Sinti and Roma than towards any other ethnic group, despite the fact that few Germans have any personal knowledge of them or even realize that the Sinti and Roma in Germany include both Germans and non-Germans. The image of the Sinti and Roma prevalent in German society and literature is one similarly founded on misconceptions and stereotypes. This volume deals in depth with the life of the Sinti and Roma in Germany and their representation in German literature, giving the background to the maltreatment, underlining the fact that the persecution of Gypsies during the Nazi period, which until the 1980s has been totally marginalized by historians, did not cease in 1945. The continuity of anti-Gypsyism is traced to the present day, and the efforts, achievements and aspirations of the Sinti and Roma civil rights movement are highlighted.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tebbutt, Susan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1. Sinti and Roma: From Scapegoats to Self-Assertion

Chapter 2. Piecing together the Jigsaw: The History of the Sinti and Roma in Germany

Chapter 3. The Persecution of the Sinti and Roma in Munich, 1933-1945

Chapter 4. Persecuting the Survivors: The Continuity of "Anti-Gypsyism" in Postwar Germany and Austria

Chapter 5. The Development of the Romani Civil Rights Movement, 1945-1960

Chapter 6. Aspects of Linguistic Interface between German and Romani

Chapter 7. Anti-Gypsyism in German Society and Literature

Chapter 8. On the Demonising of Jews and Gypsies in Fairy Tales

Chapter 9. Images of Sinti and Romain German Children's and Teenage Literature

Chapter 10. Challenging New Literary Images of Sinti and Roma

Conclusions

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Tebbutt, Susan
Susan Tebbutt is Lecturer in German at the University of Bradford.

Susan Tebbutt is Lecturer in German at the University of Bradford.