Sinti and Roma : Gypsies in German-speaking society and literature

Author(s)

• Tebbutt, Susan

Bibliographic Information

Sinti and Roma : Gypsies in German-speaking society and literature

edited by Susan Tebbutt

（Culture and society in Germany, v. 2）

Berghahn Books, 1998

• : pbk

Note

Bibliography: p. [160]-166

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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.

Table of Contents

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

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• NCID: BA41587924
• ISBN:
  • 1571819223
• LCCN: 98010815
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xxiii, 168 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : DX229
  • DC21 : 305.891/497017531
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Gypsies -- Germany
  • LCSH : Germany -- Ethnic relations
  • LCSH : Gypsies -- Germany -- Social conditions
  • LCSH : German literature -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : Racism -- Germany
  • LCSH : Gypsies in literature
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA28421155