Constructing Identities over Time

“Bad Gypsies” and “Good Roma” in Russia and Hungary

AvJekatyerina Dunajeva

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

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Beskrivning

Jekatyerina Dunajeva explores how two dominant stereotypes—“bad Gypsies” and “good Roma”—took hold in formal and informal educational institutions in Russia and Hungary. She shows that over centuries “Gypsies” came to be associated with criminality, lack of education, and backwardness. The second notion, of proud, empowered, and educated “Roma,” is a more recent development. By identifying five historical phases—pre-modern, early-modern, early and “ripe” communism, and neomodern nation-building—the book captures crucial legacies that deepen social divisions and normalize the constructed group images. The analysis of the state-managed Roma identity project in the brief korenizatsija program for the integration of non-Russian nationalities into the Soviet civil service in the 1920s is particularly revealing, while the critique of contemporary endeavors is a valuable resource for policy makers and civic activists alike. The top-down view is complemented with the bottom-up attention to everyday Roma voices. Personal stories reveal how identities operate in daily life, as Dunajeva brings out hidden narratives and subaltern discourse. Her handling of fieldwork and self-reflexivity is a model of sensitive research with vulnerable groups.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2022-02-15
Mått:152 x 229 x 22 mm
Vikt:490 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Critical Romani Studies Book Series - CEU Press
Antal sidor:238
Förlag:Central European University Press
ISBN:9789633864159

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Mer om författaren

Jekatyerina Dunajeva is Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Budapest.

Recensioner i media

"Where the book by Jekatyerina Dunajeva differs from others is in its combination of historical and ethnographic study, in the richness of the material explored and analysed and in the ways in which it problematizes the very labels it analyses. The key strength of the book lies in its attempt to offer new and critical perspectives in the study of Roma identity and Roma ethnicity, over time. It thus provides a wonderful addition and contribution to the field of Romani Studies, while also being of interest to scholars of ethnicity, nationalism, European history and minorities more broadly."https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2022.2078390

Innehållsförteckning

AcknowledgmentsPART I. IntroductionChapter 1.: Author's PurposePersonal NoteRoma and Romani StudiesNotes on MethodologyStructure and Subject of the BookChapter 2: Theories and Concepts—State, Nation, and IdentitHomogenization Efforts During State and Nation BuildingManaging the Population and Classifying IdentitiesComparative and Historical Study: Roma in Hungary and Russia throughout TimePART II. Bad Gypsies and Good Roma in Historical PerspectiveChapter 3: Early Nation and State Building in EmpiresEarly State and Nation Building: Control over the "Other"Enduring "Backwardness"Chapter 4: The End of EmpiresThe End of Empires: World War One and the 1917 RevolutionSoviet Nativization Policiies in te 1920s and '30sHungary After the Treaty of TrianonA Note on the HolocaustChapter 5: State Socialism (1945–1989)Assimilationist CampaignsPolitical Education in State-Socialist SchoolsCategorization of Roma: Legacies of Socialist Identity Politics and Critical VoicesPART III. Contemporary Identity FormationChapter 6: FieldworkFieldwork and PositionalityEthnography: Ethics, Reflexivity, and PositionalityChapter 7: "Bad Gypsies"—Negotiation of Identities in Primary SchoolsNeo-Modern State Building: National Revival and Patriotic YouthBad Gypsies in Segregated SchoolsDisciplining Bad Gypsies in ClassroomsReproducing and Contesting StereotypesChapter 8: Making Good Roma from Bad GypsiesContemporary AntigypsyismPro-Roma Civil Society's Roots, Goals, and ProjectsNegotiation of Identity and Non-state ActorsChapter 9: Negotiating IdentityIdentity StrugglesIdentity and BelongingKinship and Community PART IV. Concluding RemarksChapter 10: Summary and Best PracticesBest PracticesReferencesIndex