“Gypsies” in European Literature and Culture : Studies in European Culture and History

This Book Traces Representations Of Gypsies That Have Become Prevalent In The European Imagination And Culture And Influenced The Perceptions Of Roma In Eastern And Western European Societies. Pt. 1: Nationalism, Nature, Property, And Gypsies In Nineteenth-and- Early Twentieth-century European Literature -- Pt. 2: Porrajmos: Representations Of The Romani Holocaust -- Pt. 3: Transnational Romini Roles: Gender And Performance. Edited By Valentina Glajar And Domnica Radulescu. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [241]-251) And Index. Contents......Page 6 Roma in Europe: “Gypsy” Myth and Romani Reality—New Evidence for Romani History......Page 8 Introduction......Page 36 Part 1 Nationalism, Nature, Property, and “Gypsies” in Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century European Literature......Page 50 1 Bohemian Philosophers: Nature, Nationalism, and “Gypsies” in Nineteenth-Century European Literature......Page 52 2 The Story of Love, Human Conditions, and the “Gypsy” Lifestyle in Józef Ignacy Kraszewski’s Chata za Wsia (The Cottage beyond the Village)......Page 76 3 Vsevolod Garshin’s “Medvedi” (“The Bears”): “Gypsies” and Russian Imperial Boundaries......Page 92 4 “Gypsies” and Property in British Literature: Orlando and Wuthering Heights......Page 112 Part 2 Porrajmos: Representations of the Romani Holocaust......Page 130 5 Trauma, Guilt, and Revenge: The Romani Holocaust in Stefan Kanfer’s The Eighth Sin......Page 132 6 Unveiling the Origin of the Romani Holocaust: The Anarchist Tradition in Winter Time by Walter Winter......Page 152 7 The Deportation to Transnistria and the Exoticization of the Roma in Zaharia Stancu’s Novel The Gypsy Tribe......Page 168 Part 3 Transnational Romani Roles: Gender and Performance......Page 186 8 The “Gypsy” Stereotype and the Sexualization of Romani Women......Page 188 9 Performing the Female “Gypsy”: Commedia dell’arte’s “Tricks” for Finding Freedom......Page 200 10 Theater of the Underworld: Spectacle and Subculture in Hugo’s Notre-Dame de Paris......Page 224 11 Welcome Pictures, Unwanted Bodies: “Gypsy” Representations in New Europe’s Cinema......Page 242 Selected Bibliography......Page 248 Contributors......Page 260 C......Page 264 G......Page 265 L......Page 266 N......Page 267 R......Page 268 S......Page 269 Z......Page 270 This book traces representations of "Gypsies" that have become prevalent in the European imagination and culture and influenced the perceptions of Roma in Eastern and Western European societies. -- From publisher's website This book traces representations of & quot;Gypsies & quot; that have become prevalent in the European imagination and culture and influenced the perceptions of Roma in Eastern and Western European societies