Romani Liberation : : A Northern Perspective on Emancipatory Struggles and Progress.

• Superior document: Critical Romani Studies Book Series
• Author: Selling, Jan.
• Place / Publishing House: Budapest : : Central European University Press,, 2022.; Ã2022.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Critical Romani Studies Book Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (229 pages)

Table of Contents

Cover -- Front matter -- Series title page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Foreword by Nicoleta Bitu -- Acknowledgement -- Introduction -- State of the Art -- Outline -- Part I Historical Perspectives -- Chapter 1 International Perspective: The Long Road to Liberation -- India's Forgotten Children? -- Anatolia, a Romani Melting Pot -- Early Emancipation and Slavery -- Persecution and Protective Letters of Safe Conduct -- "Equal Citizens of the Soviet Union" -- Resistance During Nazi Rule -- 1940s: Fragments of Early Activism -- 1950s: The Paris Milieu and Legal Emancipation -- 1960s: Internationalization and Extra-Parliamentary Struggle -- 1970s: World Romani Congress, German Sinti, and Norwegian Travelers -- 1980s: Demands for Historical Justice and Invoking the Holocaust -- 1990s: The Fall of the Wall, Desegregation, Feminism, and the European Agenda -- 2000s: Minority Rights, Refugees, and the Begging Issue -- 2010s: Acknowledging Antigypsyism, LGBTQ Inclusion, and Pan-European Identity Building -- Chapter 2 Romani Politics for Historical Justice and the Fight Against Antigypsyism -- Historical Justice -- Official Apologies and Recognition -- Restitution, Reparations, and Compensation -- Romani Extra-Parliamentary Interventions Against Antigypsyism -- Chapter 3 Decolonizing Romani Studies -- Scientific Racism, Philoziganism, Gypsylorism, and Antigypsyism -- Challenging Antigypsyist Hegemony through Interventions -- Romani Intellectuals Enter the Scene -- The Stockholm Compromise -- Academic Populism: The Dr. Honoris Scandal -- Concluding Remarks -- Chapter 4 Agency, Structures, and Discourses in Romani Liberation -- The Agency Perspective -- The Structural Perspective -- The Discourse Perspective -- Part II The Swedish Experience -- Chapter 5 Romani Emancipation in Sweden: A Historical Overview -- Historical Background.

Early Romani Activism in Sweden -- The Significance of Katarina Taikon -- Recognition as a National Minority and Inclusion Policy -- A Look Ahead -- Chapter 6 Momentum for Romani Rights in Sweden, 2010-2016 -- White Papers, Police Registries, and the Begging Debate -- The Swedish Example -- Momentum Evolves -- Influence of the Begging Debate -- Two Steps Forward, One Step Back -- Closing Words -- Chapter 7 Final Reflection -- Afterword by Soraya Post -- Afterword by Hans Caldaras -- Bibliography -- Index of Names -- Back cover.