“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 AschauerSubject(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.
Journal: Südosteuropa Mitteilungen
- Issue Year: 2006
- Issue No: 04
- Page Range: 56-71
- Page Count: 16
- Language: German
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