CONTESTED HISTORIES AND IDENTITIES: ROMANI REFUGEES IN TORONTO

This thesis examines the larger themes and processes involved in identity reconstructions, and the appropriation of labels and categories at various levels as part of a struggle by the Roma against their marginalization and persecution. Through a focus on several significant sites of negotiation and contestation where Romani actors encounter and interface with hegemonic institutions and discourses, including current Canadian immigration policies and media coverage, I propose that “identities” invoke historical narratives, whether individual or collective, and are used in diverse ways. This research on the Roma is also useful in understanding the experiences of other refugees and minorities when examining state policies and is intended to fill the current gap in the anthropological literature on Romani communitie

Name thesis:degree_name

MA

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Anthropology

Year dc:date.issued

2009

Author dc:creator

• Butler, Julianna Calder

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Farah, Randa

• Roma
• Romani
• Gypsies
• identity
• refugees
• immigration
• persecution
• Toronto
• Canada

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14721/18891

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:uwo.scholaris.ca:20.500.14721/18891