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Writing the Roma : histories, policies, communities in Canada  Cover Image Book Book

Writing the Roma : histories, policies, communities in Canada / Cynthia Levine-Rasky.

Summary:

"The culmination of four years of ethnographic research at the Roma Community Centre in Toronto, Writing the Roma is the first book to provide an overview of the identities, origins, history and treatment of Roma refugees. Cynthia Levine-Rasky traces the historical and cultural roots of the Roma in Europe, through their genocide in the Holocaust, their persecution in Eastern Europe in the post-Communist era, to their settlement as refugees in Canada. What emerges is a book that challenges the stereotypes surrounding this non-territorial nation while exposing the ways that Canadian immigration policies have affected Roma populations."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781552668825
  • ISBN: 1552668827
  • Physical Description: ix, 210 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
  • Publisher: Halifax, Nova Scotia ; Fernwood Publishing, 2016.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 180-203) and index (pages [205]-210).
Subject: Romanies > History.
Romanies > Ethnic identity.
Romanies > Social conditions.
Romanies > Canada.
Refugees > Canada.
Canada > Emigration and immigration.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Legislative Library.

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Artist's Statement vii
Acknowledgments viii
Entering the Community 1(1)
1 Framing the Issues
2(20)
The Structure of the Book
5(1)
Romani Subjectivities
6(3)
The Interviews
9(2)
Naming the Roma
11(10)
The Roma People
21(1)
2 India to Europe to Canada
22(22)
The Origins of the Roma
22(4)
The Roma Enter Europe
26(5)
The Roma in Canadian History
31(13)
3 Myths and Practices
44(20)
The Myth of the Gypsy Nomad
45(7)
Orthodox Romani Practice
52(12)
4 The Roma in World War II
64(12)
The Final Solution
67(6)
The Problem of Reparations
73(3)
5 The Roma During the Communist Era and the Rise of Nationalism
76(14)
Soviet Union
77(1)
Yugoslavia
77(1)
Czechoslovakia
78(1)
Bulgaria
79(1)
Romania
80(1)
Hungary
80(2)
Eastern European Nationalism
82(7)
Roma Refugees and the Refugee System
89(1)
6 Conditions for Roma in Hungary
90(18)
The Escalation of Violence
92(3)
The Fidesz Party
95(2)
The Jobbik Party
97(1)
The Hungarian Guard
98(2)
Obstacles to Justice in Legislation
100(1)
Obstacles to Justice in Policing
101(1)
The Roma and Crime
102(6)
7 The Canadian Refugee System and the Roma
108(17)
Refugee Admission Rates and Romani Claimants
110(10)
The Persecution Criterion
120(5)
8 Reforms to the System and Designated Countries of Origin
125(19)
The Process of Designation
127(3)
Critics of the DCO System
130(2)
Reasons for Reforms
132(4)
Ministerial Interventions
136(8)
9 Refusing Roma Refugee Claimants
144(16)
E.U. Membership and Its Ironies
145(3)
Persecution and its Denial
148(4)
Conditions of Persecution for European Roma
152(7)
Building the Community
159(1)
10 Getting Organized
160(20)
The Roma Community Centre
164(8)
Strategic Essentialism and Shared Interests
172(8)
References 180(24)
Index 204


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