Sinti and Roma : : Gypsies in German-speaking Society and Literature / / ed. by Susan Tebbutt.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Eiber, Ludwig,; Grant, Anthony P.,; Krausnick, Michail,; Matras, Yaron,; Milton, Sybil,; Solms, Wilhelm,; Strauß, Daniel,; Tebbutt, Susan,
• HerausgeberIn: Tebbutt, Susan,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [1998]; ©1998
• Year of Publication: 1998
• Language: English
• Series: Culture & Society in Germany ; 2
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (196 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Tables --; Preface and Acknowledgements --; INTRODUCTION Sinti and Roma: From Scapegoats and Stereotypes to Self-Assertion --; CHAPTER 1 Piecing Together the Jigsaw: The History of the Sinti and Roma in Germany --; CHAPTER 2 The Persecution of the Sinti and Roma in Munich 1933–1945 --; CHAPTER 3 Persecuting the Survivors: The Continuity of ‘Anti-Gypsyism’ in Postwar Germany and Austria --; CHAPTER 4 The Development of the Romani Civil Rights Movement in Germany 1945-1996 --; CHAPTER 5 Aspects of the Linguistic Interface Between German and Romani --; CHAPTER 6 Anti-Gypsyism in German Society and Literature --; CHAPTER 7 On the Demonising of Jews and Gypsies in Fairy Tales --; CHAPTER 8 Images of Sinti and Roma in German Children’s and Teenage Literature --; CHAPTER 9 Challenging New Literary Images of Sinti and Roma --; CONCLUSION --; NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS --; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781782381877; 9783110998283
• DOI: 10.1515/9781782381877
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Susan Tebbutt.

According to opinion polls, Germans are less favorably disposed towards the Sinti and Roma than towards any other ethnic group, despite the fact that few Germans have any personal knowledge of them or even realize that the Sinti and Roma in Germany include both Germans and non-Germans. The image of the Sinti and Roma prevalent in German society and literature is one similarly founded on misconceptions and stereotypes. This volume deals in depth with the life of the Sinti and Roma in Germany and their representation in German literature, giving the background to the maltreatment, underlining the fact that the persecution of Gypsies during the Nazi period, which until the 1980s has been totally marginalized by historians, did not cease in 1945. The continuity of anti-Gypsyism is traced to the present day, and the efforts, achievements and aspirations of the Sinti and Roma civil rights movement are highlighted.