The Romani women's movement : struggles and debates in Central and Eastern Europe

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    • Kóczé, Angéla
    • Zentai, Violetta
    • Jovanović, Jelena
    • Vincze, Enikő

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The Romani women's movement : struggles and debates in Central and Eastern Europe

edited by Angéla Kóczé ... [et al.]

(Routledge research in gender and society)

Routledge, 2020, c2019

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Other editors: Violetta Zentai, Jelena Jovanović, Enikő Vincze

"First published 2019 by Routledge. ... First issued in paperback 2021"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

The lack of recognition of Romani gender politics in the wider Romani movement and the women's movements is accompanied by a scarcity of academic literature on Romani women's mobilization in wider social justice struggles and debates. The Romani Women's Movement highlights the role that Romani women's politics plays in shaping equality related discourses, policies, and movements in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe. Presenting the diverse experiences and voices of Romani women activists, this volume reveals how they translate experiences of structural inequalities into political struggles by defining their own spaces of action; participating in formalized or less formal activist practices, and challenging the agendas and mechanisms of the established Romani and women's movements. Moving discourses on and of Romani women from the periphery of scholarly exchanges to the mainstream, the volume invites scholars and activists from different disciplines and movements to critically reflect on their engagements with particular social justice agendas. It will appeal to students, researchers and practitioners interested in fields such as social movements, gender equality, and social and ethnic justice.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Foreword Margareta Matache Introduction Romani Feminist Critique and Gender Politics Angela Kocze, Violetta Zentai, Jelena Jovanovic, and Eniko Vincze Part I Social Categories and Agendas Chapter 1 Missed Opportunity or Building Blocks of a Movement? History and Lessons from the Roma Women's Initiative's Efforts to Mobilize European Romani Women's Activism Debra Schultz and Nicoleta Bitu Chapter 2 Negotiating the Identity Dilemma: Crosscurrents Across the Romani, Romani Women's and Romani LGBTIQ Movements Lucy Fremlova and Aidan McGarry Chapter 3 Gender Relations and the Romani Women's Movement in the Eyes of Romani Men: Towards the Potential for Transversal Politics Jelena Jovanovic and Violetta Zentai Chapter 4 Heroines of Ours: Between Magnificence and Maleficence Jelena M. Savic Part II Linking the Personal and the Political Chapter 5 Towards an Anti-Racist Feminism for Social Justice in Romania Carmen Gheorghe, Letitia Mark, and Eniko Vincze Chapter 6 Romani Women's Friendship, Empowerment, and Politics: Views on Romani Feminism in Serbia and Beyond Vera Kurtic and Jelena Jovanovic Chapter 7 Untapped Potential of Romani Women's Activism in Contemporary Europe: Czech Republic Jamen Gabriela Hrabanova and Gwendolyn Albert Chapter 8 Romani Gender Politics in Hungary and Feminist Alliances in Practice Lidia Balogh Chapter 9 The Dilemmas of the Romani Women's Movement in Bulgaria: From Assimilation to Empowerment? Teodora Krumova Part III Transnational Inspirations Chapter 10 Emancipation and Passionate Politics: Impact of Various Feminisms on Central and Eastern European Romani Women's Activism Anna Mirga-Kruszelnicka Chapter 11 The Challenges of Kali NGOisation after Francoism: Rethinking Activism in and beyond Spain Patricia Caro Maya and Sarah Werner Boada Concluding remarks: Promises and Prospects of the Romani Women's Movement in Central and Eastern Europe Alexandra Oprea Carol Silverman List of Contributors Index

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