Sinti and Roma : Gypsies in German-speaking society and literature
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Sinti and Roma : Gypsies in German-speaking society and literature
(Culture and society in Germany, v. 2)
Berghahn Books, 1998
- : pbk
Available at 4 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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
by "Nielsen BookData"