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“Lustig ist das Zigeunerleben” – Bild und Realität der südosteuropäischen Roma
"How jolly is the Gypsy’s Life" – Image and Reality of the Southeast European Romanies

Author(s): Wolfgang Aschauer
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Südosteuropa Gesellschaft e.V.

Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with the Slovakian and Hungarian Romany population and focuses on the public discourses related to this group: How are people identified as Romany both in every day life and in government discourses and statistics? Which attributes are ascribed to Romanies? What does it mean to be a Romany and what groups of Romanies can be identified? Finally, the paper also analyses the links between ethnic politics and socio-economic problems, looking at the effects of anti-discrimination policy, ethnic representation in local councils and campaigns for understanding.

  • Issue Year: 2006
  • Issue No: 04
  • Page Range: 56-71
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: German