''Gypsies'' in European Literature and Culture (Studies in European Culture and History)

✍ Scribed by Valentina Glajar, Domnica Radulescu

• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 270
• Edition: First Edition
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book traces representations of “Gypsies” that have become prevalent in the European imagination and culture and influenced the perceptions of Roma in Eastern and Western European societies.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 6
Roma in Europe: “Gypsy” Myth and Romani Reality—New Evidence for Romani History......Page 8
Introduction......Page 36
Part 1 Nationalism, Nature, Property, and “Gypsies” in Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century European Literature......Page 50
1 Bohemian Philosophers: Nature, Nationalism, and “Gypsies” in Nineteenth-Century European Literature......Page 52
2 The Story of Love, Human Conditions, and the “Gypsy” Lifestyle in Józef Ignacy Kraszewski’s Chata za Wsia (The Cottage beyond the Village)......Page 76
3 Vsevolod Garshin’s “Medvedi” (“The Bears”): “Gypsies” and Russian Imperial Boundaries......Page 92
4 “Gypsies” and Property in British Literature: Orlando and Wuthering Heights......Page 112
Part 2 Porrajmos: Representations of the Romani Holocaust......Page 130
5 Trauma, Guilt, and Revenge: The Romani Holocaust in Stefan Kanfer’s The Eighth Sin......Page 132
6 Unveiling the Origin of the Romani Holocaust: The Anarchist Tradition in Winter Time by Walter Winter......Page 152
7 The Deportation to Transnistria and the Exoticization of the Roma in Zaharia Stancu’s Novel The Gypsy Tribe......Page 168
Part 3 Transnational Romani Roles: Gender and Performance......Page 186
8 The “Gypsy” Stereotype and the Sexualization of Romani Women......Page 188
9 Performing the Female “Gypsy”: Commedia dell’arte’s “Tricks” for Finding Freedom......Page 200
10 Theater of the Underworld: Spectacle and Subculture in Hugo’s Notre-Dame de Paris......Page 224
11 Welcome Pictures, Unwanted Bodies: “Gypsy” Representations in New Europe’s Cinema......Page 242
Selected Bibliography......Page 248
Contributors......Page 260
C......Page 264
G......Page 265
L......Page 266
N......Page 267
R......Page 268
S......Page 269
Z......Page 270