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Mixing and Unmixing Languages - Romani Multilingualism in Kosovo (Paperback)
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Mixing and Unmixing Languages - Romani Multilingualism in Kosovo (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Studies in Language and Identity
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Mixing and Unmixing Languages uses the politics and practices of
language to understand social hierarchies and social change in a
post-conflict and post-socialist context. The book focuses on Roma
in Prizren, Kosovo, where the author conducted long-term
ethnographic fieldwork, using language learning as a central
method. Shifts in language practices among this highly multilingual
group have reflected the demise of Yugoslav socialism, the rise of
ethno-nationalist politics and conflict, and the post-war reversal
of power relations in Kosovo. Roma in Prizren nostalgically narrate
a past of cosmopolitanism and employment in contrast to the
present. Their position today is complex: while they stress their
relative integration, this position is fragile in the face of
nationalist politics and imported neoliberal economic policies.
Within this context, Roma NGO workers have found an economic niche
working on projects to protect multiculturalism and minorities,
funded by international aid agencies, centred on Romani language.
This book discusses the historical trajectory and current
configurations of a Romani organisation in the town, the
standardisation of Romani and the hierarchical organisation of
linguistic forms and language learning, the self-representation of
Roma and the 'gypsy' image through Romani-language drama, and
attitudes to purism, mixing and cosmopolitanism. Mixing and
Unmixing Languages is suitable for academics and students in the
areas of linguistic anthropology and linguistic ethnography, Romani
studies, South-East European studies and sociolinguistics.
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