La inmigración ignorada: Romá / gitanos de Europa orientalen España, 1991-2006

Gamella, Juan F. (2007) La inmigración ignorada: Romá / gitanos de Europa orientalen España, 1991-2006. Gazeta de Antropología (23). ISSN 0214-7564

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Abstract

In Spain, as in other European countries, there is a type of immigration that politicians and researchers have dismissed in spite of its visibility and its long-standing presence: that of Roma/Gypsies from Central and Eastern Europe, especially Romania, who have been living here since 1991. Although their number is not as important as that of Moroccans or South Americans, they presence creates a series of challenges against which there is little policy experience, nor trained personnel, not even culturally and linguistically capable intermediaries. Moreover, the Roma/Gypsies tend to be one of the migrant communities that cause the greatest rejection and prejudice among their neighbors. The Roma/Sinti/Gypsies are the largest, poorest and fastest-growing ethnic minority in the European Union -specially within recently adhered countries. In this paper we have established the patterns of Roma/Gypsy migration to Spain from Eastern Europe since 1990, and the main periods of this process. We have reliedon a review of news in the printed press, using methods of historical event analysis, as have been developed by historians of collective action (see Franzosi 1995; Olzak 1992). Moreover, based on data from an on-going ethnographic research project, we describe and analyze the situation of Romanian Roma immigrants in Spain, highlighting the social organization of their settlements and communities, their strategies for securing resources, and their crucial differences from other immigrant populations such as Moroccans, South Americans, and even non-Roma Romanians. This emigration is also creating, especially among the newer generations being raised in Spain, a new identity where various national, moral and cultural influences clash,interact and mix. Thus we are contemplating the appearance of a new Roma/Gypsy culture in Spain that speaks Romani and contrast notably with local Gitano (Spanish Gypsy) life ways.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Europe, Spain, Roma, Gypsy, Gitana, culture, religion, ethnicity, anthropology of migration, historical event analysis
Subjects:	B Mission Theology/Theory > Contextualization/Inculturation B Mission Theology/Theory > Identity Issues B Mission Theology/Theory > Migration / Diaspora B Mission Theology/Theory > Human Development B Mission Theology/Theory > Anti-Gypsyism G Christian Traditions/ Denominations H Social Sciences and Roma Christianity > Anthropology
Divisions:	Spain
Depositing User:	Jelena Bakic
Date Deposited:	27 Jan 2023 06:39
Last Modified:	27 Jan 2023 06:39
URI:	https://rocprints.rockcentre.org/id/eprint/594

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