Bogdal, Klaus-Michael (2014) Europa erfindet die Zigeuner: eine Geschichte von Faszination und Verachtung [Europe Invents the Gypsies - A story of Fascination and contempt]. Suhrkamp, Berlin.
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Natural born thieves and liars, companions of Satan, backwoodsmen, untameable savages, a pack of antisocial outsiders – These are just some of the terms used to ostracise and marginalise Europe’s Romani population over the past 600 years. In this brilliantly researched, comparative study, Klaus-Michael Bogdal tells the story of how this centuries-old hatred was able to survive in the tension between fascination and contempt right down to the present day. In this compelling and accessible history, Bogdal shows how Europeans have continually sought to maintain the greatest possible distance from this despised people at the bottom of the social hierarchy. None of the various social and political orders under which they have lived has allowed them finally to arrive in Europe. Always unwelcome, they have been subject to constant persecution and marginalisation ever since their arrival 600 years ago: in the imaginary space of art as well as in the political reality. The book presents the history of the representation of ›gypsies‹ in European literature and art from the late middle ages to the present – from Norway to Spain, from Britain to Russia. Bodgal draws on documents ranging from early chronicles and legal documents, to works of art and ethnography, to the memory of the Holocaust amongst the Sinti and Roma.
| Item Type: | Book |
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| Additional Information: | English version publ. in 2011 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Europe Ethnic relations, Romanies Europe History, Romanies in literature |
| Subjects: | B Mission Theology/Theory > Social Justice / Human rights / Justice and transformation B Mission Theology/Theory > Social Responsibility B Mission Theology/Theory > Research Methodology B Mission Theology/Theory > Human Development B Mission Theology/Theory > Anti-Gypsyism |
| Divisions: | Central Europe |
| Depositing User: | Users 3 not found. |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Mar 2020 08:05 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Mar 2020 08:09 |
| URI: | https://r.ceeamsprints.brunner.at/id/eprint/247 |
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