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Romani Writing - Literacy, Literature and Identity Politics (Paperback)
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Romani Writing - Literacy, Literature and Identity Politics (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Research in Literacy
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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
anti-Gypsy stereotypes, other Romani authors use writing for
purposes of identity-building. Writing is for Romani activists and
intellectuals a key factor in establishing a shared identity and
introducing a common language that transcends linguistic and
geographical boundaries between different Romani groups. Romani
authors, acting in-between different cultures and communication
systems, regard writing as an act of cultural mediation through
which they are able to rewrite Gypsy images and negotiate their
identity while retaining their ethnic specificity. Indeed, Romani
Writing demonstrates how Romani authors have started to create
self-images in which the Roma are no longer portrayed as "objects",
but become "subjects" of written representation.
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