1st Edition
Mobilizing Romani Ethnicity Romani Political Activism in Argentina, Colombia and Spain
By Anna Mirga-Kruszelnicka
Copyright 2022
316 Pages
by
Central European University Press
The Roma issue is generally treated as a European matter. Indeed, the Roma are the largest European minority—their presence outside of Europe is a result of various waves of migration over the past four hundred years. Likewise, the stereotypes associated with the Roma—the problematized, stigmatized status of a “Gypsy” as well as the historical and contemporary... Read more
Foreword by Ethel Brooks, Foreword by Ethel Brooks, List of Abbreviations, Introduction, Chapter 1 Defining Ethnic Mobilization—A Synergic Approach, Chapter 2 Political Opportunities—Understanding the Broader Context, Chapter 3 Romani Ethnic Mobilization in a Comparative Perspective. Looking into the Case-Study Countries, Chapter 4 Who Is Doing the Mobilizing? Anatomy of Romani Ethnic Mobilization Through the Prism of the Actors, Chapter 5 Mobilizing Frames? Identity and Interests Intertwined, Chapter 6 Mobilizing Romani Ethnicity for Collective Action, Conclusions, Epilogue, Bibliography, Index
Biography
Dr. Anna Mirga-Kruszelnicka is an anthropologist and a Romani activist. She has conducted extensive research with Romani communities in multiple European and Latin American countries, with a particular focus on Romani political mobilization, ethnopolitics and identity construction. Since 2018, she serves as the deputy director of the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC).
Ethel Brooksis an Associate Professor in the Departments of Women's and Gender Studies and Sociology at Rutgers University (USA) and a Tate-TRAiN Transnational Fellow at the University of the Arts-London, where she was 2011-2012 US-UK Fulbright Distinguished Chair.
