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Identifying “Roma” or Constructing “the Other”? Slovak Romani Men and Women in Processes of Identification

Identifying “Roma” or Constructing “the Other”? Slovak Romani Men and Women in Processes of... Barbara Tiefenbacher* I. Introduction "[...] Roma is defined as a citizen, co-citizen who is considered as Roma by the majority population [...]."1 With this straightforward explanation, Romani men and women 2 are defined in the governmental paper "Medium-term Concept of the Development of the Roma National Minority in the Slovak Republic. SOLIDARITY--INTEGRITY-- INCLUSION 2008-2013". The description "co-citizen" implies already that there is a definition of the `normal' and `universal' citizen as represented by the Slovak versus the `different' co-citizen represented by a Rom or Romni.3 Furthermore, according to this explanation, the non-Roma, who represent the majority popula* Barbara Tiefenbacher studied Slavonic Studies (Czech) in Vienna, Brno and Prague as well as Romani Studies. Currently, she is working at the Institute of Sociology at the University of Vienna. Th is article was written within the DOC-team-project "shifting Romipen" generously funded by the Austrian Academy of Science. I do thank my DOC-team-colleagues Stefan Benedik and Wolfgang Göderle for their useful remarks and reflections on this article. Medium-term Concept of the Development of the Roma National Minority in the Slovak Republic SOLIDARITY­ INTEGRITY ­ INCLUSION 2008 ­ 2013, at: . The term "Roma" derives from Romani language in which it means http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png European Yearbook of Minority Issues Online Brill

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Brill
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Copyright 2013 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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1570-7865
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2211-6117
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10.1163/22116117-01001011
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Barbara Tiefenbacher* I. Introduction "[...] Roma is defined as a citizen, co-citizen who is considered as Roma by the majority population [...]."1 With this straightforward explanation, Romani men and women 2 are defined in the governmental paper "Medium-term Concept of the Development of the Roma National Minority in the Slovak Republic. SOLIDARITY--INTEGRITY-- INCLUSION 2008-2013". The description "co-citizen" implies already that there is a definition of the `normal' and `universal' citizen as represented by the Slovak versus the `different' co-citizen represented by a Rom or Romni.3 Furthermore, according to this explanation, the non-Roma, who represent the majority popula* Barbara Tiefenbacher studied Slavonic Studies (Czech) in Vienna, Brno and Prague as well as Romani Studies. Currently, she is working at the Institute of Sociology at the University of Vienna. Th is article was written within the DOC-team-project "shifting Romipen" generously funded by the Austrian Academy of Science. I do thank my DOC-team-colleagues Stefan Benedik and Wolfgang Göderle for their useful remarks and reflections on this article. Medium-term Concept of the Development of the Roma National Minority in the Slovak Republic SOLIDARITY­ INTEGRITY ­ INCLUSION 2008 ­ 2013, at: . The term "Roma" derives from Romani language in which it means

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European Yearbook of Minority Issues Online – Brill

Published: Jan 1, 2013

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