Creación de "Romanestan": un lugar para ser "gitano" en la Europa "posnazi"

This article examines the political formula of Romanestan as conceived by Ionel Rotaru (1918–1982), a Romanian refugee in France after the SecondWorldWar. Romanestan is the most visible aspect of an ambitious plan demanding rights for those labelled Gypsies throughout the world. This study is of int...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Sierra Alonso, María
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/102730
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/102730
https://doi.org/10.1177/0265691419836909
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Gypsies
post-Nazi Europe
Romanestan
Romani identity
rights claim
gitanos
post-nazi de Europa
identidad Romani
reclaman derechos
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Sumario:This article examines the political formula of Romanestan as conceived by Ionel Rotaru (1918–1982), a Romanian refugee in France after the SecondWorldWar. Romanestan is the most visible aspect of an ambitious plan demanding rights for those labelled Gypsies throughout the world. This study is of interest because it sheds new light on the problems of social and political readjustment after the Second World War from the standpoint of racial exclusion. Rotaru’s project was both the response to longstanding historical racist aggression and also a crucial turning point in the formation of Romani ethnic identity. What makes its study interesting is that the formula of the Romanestan wove the right to exist of those regarded as Gypsies into a creative transnational political project. Based on classified documents, this article highlights the political nature processes of ethnicization and assesses the performative power of symbols.