1st Edition

Romani Writing Literacy, Literature and Identity Politics

By Paola Toninato Copyright 2014
254 Pages
by Routledge

254 Pages
by Routledge

254 Pages
by Routledge

The Roma (commonly known as "Gypsies") have largely been depicted in writings and in popular culture as an illiterate group. However, as Romani Writing shows, the Roma have a deep understanding of literacy and its implications, and use writing for a range of different purposes. While some Romani writers adopt an "oral" use of the written medium, which aims at opposing and deconstructing... Read more

Introduction  Part 1. Romani Literacies  1. Writing and the Gypsies  2. Educating the Gypsies  3. Education and Literacy Acquisition from a Romani Perspective  Part 2. The Rise of Romani Literature  4. The Rise of Romani Writing: An Overview  5. Roma Writing Themselves  6. Theorising Romani Literature: Literary Categories and Textual Strategies  Part 3. The Politics of Romani Writing  7. The Political Use of Romani Writing and the Rise of an International Romani Intelligentsia  8. The Mediating Role of Romani Literacy

Biography

Paola Toninato is a Research Fellow at the University of Warwick, UK. Her publications include The Creolization Reader, co-edited with Robin Cohen, and Differences on Stage, co-edited with Alessandra De Martino and Paolo Puppa.