Full Description
Roma identities have often been presented in literature as collectively constructed and in opposition to those who are not Roma. Contesting Moralities challenges these preconceptions about Roma identification by disentangling the binaries between Roma and non-Roma, state and non-state, public and private. It explores topics resonating in contemporary Romani studies that are in need of further exploration through individual perspectives, including history, activism, kinship, childhood, and gender hierarchies. The book paints a complex picture of inequality and how it is negotiated amid conflicting, ambiguous and contradictory regimes of power and moral demands, including those of state and kin.
Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Notes of Terminology and Language
Introduction: Unexpected Beginnings
Chapter 1. Analytical Approach: Identity, State and Kinship
Chapter 2. Narrating Beginnings and Memories
Chapter 3. Educating Roma Children: State and Kinship Moralities
Chapter 4. The 'Hyperreal' vis-à-vis the 'Everyday Roma': Identity and Activism
Chapter 5. Home and the 'Kinning' State
Chapter 6. Gendered Strategies: Kinship and State Moralities
Conclusion: Unfinished Identities
References
Index
